Bedford limestone
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The phrase Bedford limestone has two meanings:
- in the USA it refers to Indiana LimestoneIndiana LimestoneIndiana Limestone, also known as Bedford Limestone is a common regional term for Salem limestone, a geological formation primarily quarried in south central Indiana between Bloomington and Bedford....
- in England it refers to CornbrashCornbrashIn geology, Cornbrash was the name applied to the uppermost member of the Bathonian stage of the Jurassic formation in England. It is an old English agricultural name applied in Wiltshire to a variety of loose rubble or brash which, in that part of the country, forms a good soil for growing corn...