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... Surface and General Features . 5 . Watershed . Rivers 13 16 6. Geology and Soil 20 7 . Natural History 35 8 . Climate and Rainfall 43 9. People - Race . Dialect . Population 50 IO . Agriculture Cultivations , Stock 56 II . Industries ...
... Surface and General Features . 5 . Watershed . Rivers 13 16 6. Geology and Soil 20 7 . Natural History 35 8 . Climate and Rainfall 43 9. People - Race . Dialect . Population 50 IO . Agriculture Cultivations , Stock 56 II . Industries ...
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... Surface and General Features . The physical features of the county are entirely dependent upon its geological formation . This , as we shall see later , has also determined the situations of the towns and villages , as well as the ...
... Surface and General Features . The physical features of the county are entirely dependent upon its geological formation . This , as we shall see later , has also determined the situations of the towns and villages , as well as the ...
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... surface is finely varied with gentle elevations and depressions ; the elevations generally running east and west , divided by valleys about half - a - mile in width . Among these are the extensive open valley forming part of the basin ...
... surface is finely varied with gentle elevations and depressions ; the elevations generally running east and west , divided by valleys about half - a - mile in width . Among these are the extensive open valley forming part of the basin ...
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... Wiscombe partly through woddy ground and the forest of Leafield , and so on to Rutlandshire by woddy first , and then by champain ground , but exceedingly rich of corn and pasture . " This description may be. SURFACE AND GENERAL FEATURES ...
... Wiscombe partly through woddy ground and the forest of Leafield , and so on to Rutlandshire by woddy first , and then by champain ground , but exceedingly rich of corn and pasture . " This description may be. SURFACE AND GENERAL FEATURES ...
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... surface is probably less , area for area , than that of any other county in England . The Welland with its tributaries the Chater and Gwash are the only streams of any size ; and of these , the main stream , the Welland , forms the ...
... surface is probably less , area for area , than that of any other county in England . The Welland with its tributaries the Chater and Gwash are the only streams of any size ; and of these , the main stream , the Welland , forms the ...
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acres agricultural aisles ancient Anglo-Saxon arch Barrowden Beaumont Chase beautiful beds Braunston bronze Brooke building Burley Burley-on-the-Hill Caldecott carved Casterton century chancel church Clipsham Cottesmore curious Decorated deposits district doorway Earl Early English east Edward Empingham England enters the county Ermine Street Exton Finch forest formed Hall Hambleton Harrington Hill horseshoe houses hundred ironstone Ketton King land Langham Leicester Leicestershire Lincoln Lincolnshire London Lord Lyddington manor mansion Manton Market Overton Marlstone Martinsley Midland monument Morcott Noel Norman Normanton North Luffenham North Road Northampton Sand Nottingham Oakham Castle Oolite parish Park passing Perpendicular probably quarried Queen rainfall reign Ridlington river Chater river Gwash rocks Rutland Ryhall Sandstones Saxon Seaton shire small village soil south side specimen spire Stamford Stoke Dry stone Stretton style surface Teigh Thistleton Tickencote Tixover tower town Upper Lias clays Vale of Catmose valley Wardley Welland western Whissendine Wood