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The cornbrash is very aptly described by its name as, in the western part of its course, parallel to the strong clay lands before described, this is almost the only land in tillage. In Wiltshire it is called cornbrash, and in Northamptonshire redbacks. It makes, generally, a good soil. Its course is marked by several considerable market and other larger towns, which are mostly situate at the places where the outcrop of this stratum crosses the rivers. It never rises to high ground, but forms the easternmost of all the wide stony district, which ranges through the interior, and, being the hardiest and best of that stone, is, in many parts of its course, and in that of the clays adjoining, much used on the roads. [45]
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Bibliography
Smith, William. A Memoir to the Map and Delineation of Strata of England and Wales. London: John Cary, 1815.
Created 11 September 2018