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A History of the County of Somerset
… in the parish are mainly of local stone with tile or slate roofs and date from the 17th and the 18th centuries. An … The building is L-shaped, of stone rubble under a tile and slate roof, with a 2-storeyed main range and a lower long … a rear staircase turret. In 1833 a new stone block with slate roof was added and the old part of the house was …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… of which have penetrated between the interstices of the slate rock which composes the substratum of these hills. In … within two miles of Machynlleth. There are extensive slate-quarries in the neighbourhood, and mines of lead and …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… with plaster and with the E. wall now covered with a stone slate facing; it is probably of 17th-century date altered and … of N. transept(4) to Peter Smyth, 1677 (date altered), slate slab with moulded edge and achievement-of-arms; (5) to Elizabeth (Hereford), wife of Peter Smyth, 1693, slate panel. In S.E. chapel of S. transept (6) to John …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… passing frequently into conglomerate, and greywacke slate; the loose blocks are primary trap or granite, and in … range, is a mountain consisting almost entirely of slate, occurring in regular strata, in the quarries of which … large farms have threshing-mills. Several quarries of fine slate stone, of a greyish colour, are in operation, supplying …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… parish comprises 10,748 acres, and abounds with roofing-slate of excellent quality, of which two quarries are at … consisting of lofty and precipitous rocks of dark-coloured slate, is worn by the action of the waves into caverns of …
St Martin-in-the-Fields
… quarte r .1588. July. Item y e xj th was buried Rob't Slate r ni'll It'm y e xij th was buried m rs m'garett Sandes …