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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… is exported by means of the Avon navigation. Brick-clay, gravel, sand, and marl, exist in numerous places. The most …
A History of the County of Essex
… was recorded south of the Mere in the 16th century. 15 Gravel and sand were extracted south-west of the Mere for …
A History of the County of Essex
… electric fan manufacturers. In 1964-5 St. Ives Sand and Gravel removed concrete as hardcore for trunk roads. 81 …
A History of the County of Essex
… 10 d. a day in the early 19th century to extract and sift gravel, repair roads and water- courses, and clear snow, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… a strong vein has also been found: there are grit and gravel mines, worked by a company, and stone is quarried, … soil various, but chiefly clay, with a subsoil of clay and gravel; and the scenery pleasing, the views embracing …
A History of the County of Sussex
… use until c. 1910. 5 In 1791 the right to remove stones, gravel, and sand from Worthing beach was worth £5 to the lord …
A History of the County of Sussex
… of Warwick Road, were also in existence by 1811, 54 and Gravel or Greville Terrace to the south of it apparently by …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… stiff clay, and in the lower a heavy marl, alternated with gravel; the surface is varied, in some parts hilly, in others …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… of the rest of the parish lies on boulder clay or sand and gravel, while some terrace gravel is associated with the river Tern and Rushmoor lies on …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… arable. The soil is generally a rich loam, alternated with gravel; the surface is undulated, and the substratum contains …