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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… wrought, and the substratum of the township contains much ironstone, but it is not worked: there is also a quarry of …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… with globular particles of a bright yellow colour. Ironstone has been discovered in thin beds above the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Stafford. The surrounding country abounds with coal and ironstone, and by a manuscript in the possession of the …
A History of the County of Leicestershire
… which may have been moated in medieval times. It is an ironstone building, rectangular in plan and roofed with … with half-attic bedrooms and their mixed red-brick and ironstone walling may have replaced earlier timber-framing. … a schoolroom. The small church of ST. DENIS, built of ironstone rubble and limestone, consists of a chancel, a …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… of a S.W. continuation is visible, however, as a disused ironstone tramway has destroyed any remains. To the N.E. air …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and for repairing roads; a coal-mine is in operation, and ironstone and marl are found in abundance. The Bath market is …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… part of the parish, in a district abounding in coal and ironstone; and is the seat of several blast-furnaces and of … on the Sabbath-day. A great quantity of the Rochsilloch ironstone, so well known for its excellence, is wrought by …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… is equal in beauty to most marbles. The limestone, and the ironstone in contact with it, often rise to within a very few feet of the surface. Alternate strata of sandstone and ironstone occur every where in the Weald; and under these, at … when burned, makes the finest cement in the kingdom. The ironstone of this district was very extensively worked as …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… soil, and of hilly surface, the substratum abounding in ironstone and coal, both of which are wrought. At Duckmanton … comprises 3616 a. 1 r. 29 p., and abounds with coal, ironstone, and coarse potters'-clay: 64 acres are common or …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… from the late 11th century, 11is built of field stones, ironstone conglomerate, re-used brick which is probably …