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A History of the County of Oxford
… implies, it comprises many kinds of soil, such as light gravel, deep clay, rich grazing and milking pastures. It … the north, the stonebrash in the middle, and the chalk and gravel soils of the south. To provide keep for sheep a system … Special-purpose ploughs, such as the ridging plough, the digging plough, and the potato-raising plough, are also in …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… a quarter in arable, mainly in the north-west and on the gravel where corn could be grown nearly every year. But first … was to advance money for drainage and the expense of digging and burning lime. The tenant was to pay only 5 per …
A History of the County of Somerset
… on the east by a lane. 8 It lies on marl with pockets of gravel. 9 Aisholt village, named from its position in or near …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Greensand, which is capped by thin spreads of plateau gravel, forms two ridges, one of which carries Albourne Place …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… a sand-gritty substance together with red clayey gravel and black turfy mould, and in some places chalk and … the township of Aldford; of the latter the soil is loam, gravel, and clay: there are two quarries of red sandstone. …
Old and New London
… and a stone coffin containing a skeleton; and in digging somewhat lower down, Roman remains were met with in …
Old and New London
… from the reverses of two Roman coins, discovered whilst digging the new foundations for the gate. The whole structure … bearing baskets of fruit in their laps, were discovered in digging a sewer in Hart Street, Crutched Friars. The group is …
A History of the County of Essex
… cattle, 237 sheep, 10 pigs, and poultry. 91 In 1942 the gravel outcrops were per- manent grass, supporting dairy …
A History of the County of Essex
… those on low wages, and in 1823 men were employed in the gravel pit. In 1833 the vestry resolved to levy a labour …