General view of the agriculture of the county of Northumberland ; with observations on ... its improvement / Drawn up for ... the Board of Agriculture.
- John Bailey
- Date:
- 1805
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: General view of the agriculture of the county of Northumberland ; with observations on ... its improvement / Drawn up for ... the Board of Agriculture. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![this line to the sea-coast, no limestone whatever appears, except a small patch of a different limestone that puts in at Whitley, near Tynemouth, and runs from thence in a south-westerly direftion, through the county of Durham, &c. In this space, betwixt those two ranges of lime- stone, lie the caking coals of superior quality above- described; and the same breadth of coal may be traced through the county of Durham, stretching in the same diredlion, and bounded on the east and west In a similar manner, by stretches of limestone of different kinds. It would be a curious Investigation to trace these mi- nerals through the different counties across the island, and shew where the strata of each species rise to the sur- face, and the deviations caused in them by cross veins or dykes, &c. We believe it will be found that very little or no coal lies to the east of this line, and that no chalk lies to the west. Limestone—of an excellent quality, abounds through all Bambojough ward, Islandshire, and that part of Glen- dale ward situated on the east side of the river Till; it stretches from thence, in a south-westerly direction, through the central parts of the county, and is found at Shllbottle, Longframlington, Hartburn, Rial, Corbridge, &c. and at numberless other places to the westward of these ; but the south-east quarter, which is so rich in coal, is destitute of lime* *, as is also that part of Glen- dale ward west of the river Till. Stone marl—abounds in many places near Tweed-side ; and shell marl is found in a few places in Glendale ward. The greatest quantity is at Wark, Sunnylaws, and Lear- • Excfpc a smill patch at Whitley, near Tynemouth. NORTHUMB.] C mouth.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b22037949_0047.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
