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The English Peasantry and the Enclosure of Common Fields — Gilbert Slater

The English Peasantry and the Enclosure of Common Fields

Gilbert Slater

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  • Book language: English
  • 454 pages

A historical study of the enclosure of common fields in England and its consequences for the rural peasantry. It examines how the loss of shared land reshaped village life and agricultural practice. Worth listening to for insight into a key chapter of economic and social history.

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Studies in Economics and Political Science
Edited by H. J. MĵŕƫƗƿŠŧǡ, M.A., Director of the
London School of Economics
No. 14.
THE ENGLISH PEASANTRY
AND THE
ENCLOSURE OF COMMON FIELDS

Open Fields at Epworth, Isle of Axholme
OPEN FIELDS AT EPWORTH, ISLE OF AXHOLME.
Frontispiece.

THE ENGLISH PEASANTRY
AND THE ENCLOSURE OF
COMMON FIELDS
BY
GILBERT SLATER, M.A., D.Sc.
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
THE EARL OF CARRINGTON, K.G., G.C.M.G., Etc.
President of the Board of Agriculture
LONDON
ARCHIBALD CONSTABLE & CO. LǵŠ.
1907
BRADBURY, AGNEW, & CO. LD., PRINTERS,
LONDON AND TONBRIDGE.

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Contents

  1. THE ENGLISH PEASANTRY AND THE ENCLOSURE OF COMMON FIELDS
  2. PREFACE
  3. CONTENTS
  4. ILLUSTRATIONS
  5. INTRODUCTION
  6. I. ENCLOSURE IN GENERAL
  7. II. THE MERCIAN TYPE OF VILLAGE COMMUNITY
  8. III. THE WESSEX TYPE OF VILLAGE COMMUNITY
  9. IV. EXTENT OF EXISTING COMMON FIELDS
  10. V. THE ISLE OF AXHOLME
  11. VI. SOME RECENT ENCLOSURES
  12. VII. AGRICULTURE IN OPEN FIELD PARISHES A HUNDRED YEARS AGO
  13. VIII. NORFOLK AGRICULTURE
  14. IX. GEO. III. C.81
  15. X. ENCLOSURE AND DEPOPULATION
  16. XI. ENCLOSURE AND THE POOR
  17. XII. THREE ACRES AND A COW
  18. XIII. STATISTICAL SUMMARY OF ENCLOSURE BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT
  19. XIV. ENCLOSURE OF COMMON FIELDS WITHOUT PARLIAMENTARY SANCTION
  20. XV. RUN-RIG AND COMMON FIELD
  21. XVI. COMMON FIELDS IN NEW ENGLAND
  22. XVII. THE PROGRESS OF ENCLOSURE WITHOUT PARLIAMENTARY SANCTION
  23. XVIII. THE RESULTS OF ENCLOSURE
  24. APPENDIX A. STATISTICAL SUMMARY OF ACTS ENCLOSING WASTE
  25. APPENDIX B. PRIVATE ACTS ENCLOSING COMMON FIELDS
  26. APPENDIX C. LELAND’S ITINERARY
  27. APPENDIX D. GENERAL LEGISLATION AFFECTING ENCLOSURE
  28. APPENDIX E. A NORFOLK OPEN FIELD PARISH
  29. INDEX.
  30. THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG™ LICENSE

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