In this connection it is a remarkable fact that stone and gravel in the domesticated herbivora are notoriously prevalent on many limestone soils, as on the limestone formations of central and western New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Michigan; on the calcareous formations of Norfolk, Suffolk, Derbyshire, Shropshire, and gloucestershire, in England; in Landes in France, and around Munich in Bavaria.
"Special Report on Diseases of Cattle"
U.S. Department of Agriculture J.R. Mohler
A similar custom prevailed, with local variations, in Shropshire, gloucestershire, Hertfordshire, Devonshire, and other parts of England.
"England in the Days of Old"
William Andrews
The flatter roofs are sometimes lined with boards and divided into panels by ribs, or have the timbers open, and all enriched with mouldings and carvings, as at Cirencester church, gloucestershire.
"Our Homeland Churches and How to Study Them"
Sidney Heath