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THE ENGLISH PEASANTRY AND THE ENCLOSURE OF COMMON FIELDS

AUTHOR'S PREFACE.

CONTENTS. Decoration

ILLUSTRATIONS. Decoration

INTRODUCTION. Decoration THE ENGLISH PEASANTRY AND THE ENCLOSURE OF COMMON FIELDS.

I. ENCLOSURE IN GENERAL.

CHAPTER II. THE MERCIAN TYPE OF VILLAGE COMMUNITY. Laxton, an Open Field Parish.

CHAPTER III. THE WESSEX TYPE OF VILLAGE COMMUNITY. Two Dorset Manors Stratton and Grimstone.

CHAPTER IV. EXTENT OF EXISTING COMMON FIELDS.

CHAPTER V. THE ISLE OF AXHOLME.

CHAPTER VI. SOME RECENT ENCLOSURES. Upton St. Leonards (near Gloucester).

CHAPTER VII. AGRICULTURE IN OPEN FIELD PARISHES A HUNDRED YEARS AGO.

CHAPTER VIII. NORFOLK AGRICULTURE.

CHAPTER IX. 13 GEO. III. C. 81 .

CHAPTER X. ENCLOSURE AND DEPOPULATION.

CHAPTER XI. ENCLOSURE AND THE POOR.

CHAPTER XII. THREE ACRES AND A COW.

CHAPTER XIII STATISTICAL SUMMARY OF ENCLOSURE BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT.

CHAPTER XIV. ENCLOSURE OF COMMON FIELDS WITHOUT PARLIAMENTARY SANCTION.

CHAPTER XV. RUN-RIG AND COMMON FIELD.

CHAPTER XVI. COMMON FIELDS IN NEW ENGLAND.

CHAPTER XVII. THE PROGRESS OF ENCLOSURE WITHOUT PARLIAMENTARY SANCTION. A. FROM 1845 ONWARDS.

CHAPTER XVIII. THE RESULTS OF ENCLOSURE.

APPENDIX A. Decoration Statistical Summary of Acts of Enclosure Enclosing Common Pasture and Waste only.

APPENDIX B. Decoration PRIVATE ACTS ENCLOSING COMMON FIELDS.

APPENDIX C. Decoration LELAND'S ITINERARY. Northampton, Leicester and Rutlandshires.

APPENDIX D. Decoration GENERAL LEGISLATION AFFECTING ENCLOSURE.

APPENDIX E. Decoration A NORFOLK OPEN FIELD PARISH.

INDEX.

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Title: The English Peasantry and the Enclosure of Common Fields

Author: Gilbert Slater

Language: English

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