34 SCIENTIFIC SURVEY OF NOTTINGHAM AND DISTRICT 



farming region whose colourful landscape of grassland, tilled fields and 

 orchards, scattered copses and old villages may claim to be the most 

 delightful sample of the Nottinghamshire countryside. As in the case of 

 Southwell, in the neighbouring valley of the Greet, the occurrence of the 

 Waterstones along the valleys provides a good soil, much lighter than the 

 red marl which forms most of the surface. A feature of the stream 

 courses is the small narrow guUeys called 'dumbles', e.g., Lambley 

 Dumble, Oxton Dumble, in which the presence of a layer of hard sand- 

 stone (skerry) may give rise to a miniature waterfall. Of the half-dozen 

 villages, Oxton is perhaps the most picturesque and least spoiled ; nearby 

 are well-preserved earthworks of Celtic origin. Calverton is famous as 

 the home of William Lee, the inventor of the first stocking-frame, and 

 a small hosiery works is still in operation. Many of the cottages here, 

 as in other villages, retain the long multi-paned windows immediately 

 below the roof-hne, behind which the stockingers formerly placed their 

 frames. 



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