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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… pasture, and 400 woodland; the soil rests upon chalk and gravel. The living is a rectory, to which that of … the surface is in general flat, and the soil rests on gravel. Buttons are made to a considerable extent by the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… It is entirely on Chalk, with extensive areas of later gravel deposits especially on the higher S. parts. From the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… custom is, that each person has the privilege of digging and searching for lead-ore in any part of the king's …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… the others in Wisbech hundred. Its nucleus is an island of gravel, not very perceptible except from the west, but rising …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… stones, now in the vicarage garden, were discovered when digging the foundations. All the fittings are modern. The …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… labour required in 1251 ad desiccandum campos, the day's digging on 'Ramesinedik' and inside and outside around the … approaching or exceeding £5. 72 Scouring old dykes or digging new ones cost 2 d. or 3 d. a perch, the labourers' …