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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Westmorland
… road metal, etc. The rampart is now largely covered with turf. Within the enclosure is a standing stone (Plate 2) the …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… have the privilege of grazing their cattle, and cutting turf, upon the common; and about 500 acres adjacent to the …
Feet of Fines of the Tudor period [Yorks]
… and 10 messuages with lands there, also the right to dig turf in Grimstone. William Rokeby, son and heir apparent of …
Feet of Fines of the Tudor period [Yorks]
… Mawde, gent., and Christopher Mawde, gent. 6 acres of turf and common pasture and five-sixths of 2 messuages with …
A History of the County of Somerset
… the Polden Hills are extensive beds of peat known as the turf or peat moors. In the summer these moors are in parts … only record appears to be that of a specimen shot on the turf-moor near Shapwick in the autumn of 1859 ( Birds of … autumn visitor. This species used formerly to breed in the fens of Somerset (vide Yarrell's British Birds, ed. 4), and …
A History of the County of Somerset
… to 'light' Lithosia mesomella, L. Near Bath, Bridgwater (turf moor, Corder), Stoke-subHamdon. Scarce griseola, Hub. … L. Scarce and local near Bath, Bridgwaterlarv on turf moor (Corder), Bathampton (Ross), Castle Cary, Clevedon, … A few specimens have been caught by Mr. Corder on the turf moor near Bridgwater, and by the Rev. A. P. Waller at …