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The English Peasantry and the Enclosure of Common Fields

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Acreage of commons and common fields, 36

Acreage under wheat, 108

Acts for enclosing common fields, 7

Acts for enclosing waste, 7

Ackworth (Yorks.), 123

Adams, H. B.—“Germanic Origin of New England Towns,” 185;

“Village Communities of Cape Ann and Salem,” 184

Agriculture, Board of (existing), 16

Agriculture, Board of, (1793–1819), passim.

Ailesworth (N. Hants.), 13

Ailesworth Heath, 17

Alconbury (Hunts.), 123

Amesbury (Wilts.), 235

Arden (Warwick), 205

Area of surviving common fields, 189

Area of recently enclosed common fields, 191

Ashby Magna, 208

Averham (Notts.), 137

Avon, the Wiltshire, 112

Avon, the Warwickshire, 205

Axholme, Isle of, 52

Aylesbury, Vale of, 221

Babraham (Cambs.), 210

Baird and Foot, “Middlesex,” 218

“Balks,” 15, 63

“Bancroft Field,” 61

“Barley Field,” 14

Barnady (Suffolk), 128

Barrowden (Rutland), 64

Bartlow (Cambs.), 82

Barton (Westmoreland), 177

Barton Turf (Norfolk), 127

Battersea common fields, 77

“Bean Field,” 12

Bear, W. E., Report to the Labour Commission on Agricultural Labour, 137

Beddington and Wallington (Surrey), 41

Bedfordshire, enclosure of, 192

Belton (Axholme), 52

Belvoir, Vale of, 97, 200

Bensington (Oxon.), 51

Bentham, J.—“Societie of the Saints,” 160;

“Christian Conflict,” 202

Berkshire, enclosure of, 238

Berwick Salome (Oxon.), 51

Bestmoor (Oxon.), 35

Bishton, J., “Shropshire,” 252

“Black Corn Field,” 71

Blyth, W., “The English Improver,” 111, 201, 203, 219, 226, 253

Boldon book, the, 34

Bosworth (Leicester), 201

Boxworth (Cambs.), 210

Boys, “Kent,” 39, 230

Braunton Great Field, 159, 250

“Brecks,” 79

“Brewers’ Ash Field,” 20

Brightwell (Berks.), 68

Brixworth (N. Hants.), 104

“Broad Mead,” 67

“Broad Oxgangs,” 31, 32

Buckinghamshire, enclosure of, 219

Burley estate small holdings, 138

Burnham (Suffolk), 180

“Buscallys,” 78

Bygrave (Herts.), 45

Cambridgeshire, enclosure of, 208

Carew, “Cornwall,” 18, 160, 247

Carlton in Lindrick, 127

Carmichael, A., on Runrig, 166

Carpenter of village community, 34

“Carrs,” 78, 79

Castle Camps (Cambs.), 75

Castor (N. Hants.), 13

Catthorpe (Leicester), 111, 208

Celery growing in Axholme, 57

“Champaine,” or “Champion,” 64, 70, 205

“Changeable Allotments,” 24

Charnwood Forest, 204

Cheshire, enclosure of, 252

Chilterns, the, 231

“Chimney Peepers,” 22

Clark, J.—“Hereford,” 125, 252;

“Radnor,” 244

“Clipsatt Field,” 61

Clothall (Herts.), 43

Cobbett, W., “Rural Rides,” 112, 113, 237

Colchester, 214

“Comachadh,” 168

Constable of manor, 22, 34

Cornwall, enclosure of, 247

“Cotes,” 21

Cotswold Hills, 241

Cottage holdings, 121, 137

“Country Farmer, A,” 98, 131

“Country Gentleman, A,” 95

Court rolls, 20

Cow dung as fuel, 201

“Cowleaze,” 30

Cowper, John, “Inclosing Commons, etc.,” 110, 154

Crutchley, “Rutlandshire,” 77

Cumberland, enclosure of, 256

Cunningham, W., “Growth of English Industry,” 91, 115

“Customary Cottages,” 29

“Dales,” 257

Dartmoor, 170, 248

Davis, R., “Oxfordshire,” 76, 222

Davis, T., “Wiltshire,” 76, 77, 113, 114, 115, 236

Deddington (Oxon.), 103

Derbyshire, enclosure of, 228

Devonshire, enclosure of, 245

“Discourse of the Commonweal,” 39, 214, 246

Disputes in open fields, 15, 16, 47

“Doles,” 21, 78, 79

“Dolemeads,” 79

Donaldson, J., “Northamptonshire,” 197

Dorset, enclosure of, 240

“Down Field,” 61

Downham (Cambs.), 210

Durham, enclosure of, 229

Eakring (Notts.), 12

Earsham (Norfolk), 128

“East Field,” 20

Eden, “Condition of the Poor,” 102, 103, 104, 256

Elmstone Hardwick (Glos.), 15, 47

Eltham (Kent), 232

Ely (Cambs.), 210

Enclosure, meaning of, 1

Enclosure, methods, 6

Enclosure, typical act of, 3

Engrossing of farms, 68

Epping Forest, 2, 17

Epworth (Axholme), 52

Erchenfeld, 253

Essex, enclosure of, 213

Evenley (N. Hants.), 127

“Everington Field,” 69

“Every Year Lands,” 80, 178

Ewelme (Oxon.), 50

“Farthingholds,” 30

“Field Jury,” 11

Fiennes, Celia, “Tour,” 201, 212, 214, 222, 224, 226, 228, 229, 231, 238, 252, 255

Flax growing in Axholme, 54

“Fold Courses,” 83

Fordington (Dorset), 30

Fordington Field, 19, 30

“Foreman of the Fields,” 11, 14

Forrest, W., “Princelye Poesie,” 10

Foston (Leicester), 100

“Four Field Course,” 48, 74

Fox, J., “Glamorganshire,” 244

Frilsham Common, 69

Frome R., 20

Furze common (Ewelme), 51

Gateshead (Durham), 177

“Gathering and Splitting,” 15

Gavelkind, 245

General Enclosure Acts, 17

General report on enclosures, 95, 108, 123, 124, 129, 161

Gloucestershire, enclosure of, 241

Granger, J., “Durham,” 154, 229

“Great Horse Shoe,” 27

Great Sheepey (Leicester), 127

Grimspound (Dartmoor), 170

Grimston (Leicester), 138

Grimstone (Dorset), 19

Grimstone common rights, 31

Gunnerton (Northumberland), 179

Hadley Wood, 2

Hagbourne, West (Berks.), 68

Hale, J., defence of, 150

“Half-Livings,” 22

“Half-Plow,” 172

“Half-Year Lands,” 78, 80

Ham Field (Surrey), 65

Hambleton cow pasture, 138

Hampshire, enclosure of, 240

Hampstead Heath, 2, 17

Hasbach, W., “Die E. Landarbeiter,” 61

Hassell, C.—“Carmarthen,” 244;

“Pembroke,” 244

“Hatching Ground,” 23

Haxey (Axholme), 52

“Haywards,” 22, 34

“Headlands,” 15

Hendred, East and West (Berks.), 68

Henlow (Beds.), 3

Herefordshire, enclosure of, 252

Herringswell (Suffolk), 127, 188

Hertfordshire, enclosure of, 218

High Prices, Select Committee on, 108

Hildersham (Cambs.), 82

“Hitchland,” 20, 76

“Hole Rush,” 25

Holt, J., “Lancashire,” 255

“Hookland,” 20, 76

“Hook Mead,” 67

“Horse’s Foot of Land,” 173

“Horse-gang,” 172

Houghton, J., “Collection,” 155, 157

Howlett, J., 91, 100

“Hundred Acres,” 24, 28

Hunmanby (Yorks.), 88

Huntingdon, enclosure of, 212

Icklingham (Suffolk), 180

Iken (Suffolk), 214

Ilsley, East and West, 68

“Infields,” 80, 81, 187

“Ings,” 78, 79

Insurrections and enclosure, 112, 150

Intermixed lands, 243

Isleham (Cambs.), 74

Ivel, R., 4

James and Malcolm—“Buckinghamshire,” 75, 219;

“Surrey,” 77, 233

Kay, G.—“Flint,” 244;

“Carnarvon,” 244

Kent, enclosure of, 230

Kent, “Norfolk,” 85, 216, 217

Kets’ Rebellion, 150

Kibworth Beauchamp (Leicester), 103

Lambarde, W., “Perambulation of Kent,” 231

“Lacy’s Bridge Man,” 22

Lancashire, enclosure of, 255

“Lands,” 9

“Land spoilers,” 67

“Langford Field,” 20

“Launchers,” 250

Laurence, J., “New System of Agriculture,” 153

“Lawnds,” or “Lawns,” 20

Lawrence, E., “Duty of Steward,” 152, 155, 201, 207

Laxton (Notts.), 8

Laxton Heath, 9

Leadam, W. S., “Domesday of Inclosures,” 212, 225

Leatham, I., “East Riding,” 77, 89

Lee, Joseph, 111, 161, 202

Leland’s Itinerary, 203, 205, 212, 219, 221, 222, 224, 228, 239, 253, 256

Letcomb (Berks.), 128

“Leyland,” 77

“Liberty of Fold Courses,” 83

Lincolnshire, enclosure of, 222

Little Brandon (Norfolk), 127

“Little Horse Shoe,” 28

Littleport (Cambs.), 210

“Livings,” 21

Llanerlyl, 42

Lloyd, T., “Cardiganshire,” 244

Lolworth (Cambs.), 210

“Longlands,” 26

Long Sutton (Lincoln), 263

“Loons,” or “Lownts,” 20

“Lot Meadows,” 35

Lowe, R., “Nottinghamshire,” 92, 227

Luffenhall (Herts.), 45

Luffenham, North and South (Rutland), 64

Lynches, 70

“Maam” soil, 233

Macdonald, J., “Hebrides,” 173

“Machair,” 166

Madingley (Cambs.), 210

Maids Morton (Bucks.), 102

Maitland, F. W., “Select Pleas,” 156

Manor bull, 23

Marshall, W., “Central Highlands,” 172, 180;

“Rural economy of: Gloucestershire,” 108, 153, 241;

“Norfolk,” 79;

“Yorkshire,” 156;

“Midlands,” 206;

“Southern District,” 232, 235;

“West of England,” 248

Massachusetts, decrees for common fields, 185

Massie, J., 91

Matton (Lincoln), 177

Maxwell, G., “Huntingdonshire,” 74, 212

Mercian type of village community, 8

Mere (Wilts.), 236

“Meres,” 63

Merrow (Surrey), 66

Merton, statute of, 6

“Mesne inclosures,” 225

“Middle Field,” 20

Middlesex, enclosure of, 218

“Mill Bars Patch,” 26

“Mill Field,” 8, 16

“Mingle Mangle,” 18

Misterton (Leicester), 208

Monk, R., “Leicestershire,” 198

Monmouthshire, enclosure of, 252

Moore, John, 111, 201, 208

More, Sir T., “Utopia,” 116

Moreton, North (Berks.), 70

Morgan, G. B., “Cornwall,” 249

“Narrow Oxgangs,” 31

Nen, R., 17

“Nether Field,” 16

“New Closes,” 21

Newborough (N. Hants.), 197

Newtontony (Wilts.), 200

“No Ditch Field,” 61

Norden, J., “Book of Surveying,” 155, 214, 238

Norfolk, enclosure of, 217

Norham, 179

“Normangate Field,” 16

Northamptonshire, enclosure of, 197

Northbourne (Kent), 42

“North Field,” 61

Northumberland, enclosure of, 259

Northwold (Norfolk), 128

Nottinghamshire, enclosure of, 227

One field system, 179

Orford (Suffolk), 214

Ossington (Notts.), 137

Outer Hebrides, 166

“Out Field,” 77, 179

Over (Cambs.), 210

Owston (Axholme), 52

Oxfordshire, enclosure of, 222

“Oxgangs,” 31

Palling (Norfolk), 127

Palmer, A. N.—“Ancient Tenures,” 174, 245;

“Wrexham,” 20

Pang, R., 69

Parish Meeting, powers of, 50

Passenham (N. Hants.), 123

Pearce, W., “Berkshire,” 76

Pickering moor, 128

Pickering, vale of, 157

“Pindar,” 56

Pitt, W.—“Arable and Grassland,” 95;

“Leicestershire,” 97, 200;

“Staffordshire,” 252

“Places” (= Livings), 28

“Plowgait,” 172

Poor rates and enclosure, 102

Poppleton, 132

Potato growing in Axholme, 57

Potterne (Wilts.), 126

Poultney (Leicester), 208

Produce of common fields, 79, 111

Produce of enclosed land, 100, 111

Profit of enclosure, 98, 263

Quilleted fields, 42, 253

Quillets, 83, 266

“Ranes,” 257

Rathbone, G., “Eltham Charities,” 232

Recreation grounds, 18, 65, 71, 118

“Reeve,” 34, 89

Re-lifing copyholds, 19

Re-lifing leaseholds, 48

Renhold (Beds.), 44

Rents before and after enclosure, 100, 103, 111

Richmond Hill, view from, 66

“Rick Field,” 20

Rider Haggard, “Rural England,” 57, 138

“Ridge and Furrow,” 94

Riots and enclosure, 112

Robertson, J., “Perthshire,” 165, 173

“Robin Hood and Little John,” 17

Rockingham forest, 197, 204

“Rotation Meadows,” 35

“Rounds,” 88

Royal burghs of Scotland, 164

“Rundale,” 6

“Runrig,” 6, 166, 244

Rutland, enclosure of, 203

Sandwich Town Neck, 183

Salem north and south fields, 185

Salisbury, environs of, 235

Seebohm, F., “English Village Community,” 179

“Selions,” 56

“Shackage,” 45, 78, 79

“Shack Lands,” 78

“Shealing Feast,” 170

Sheepflock of village community, 22

Sheepwalk, right of, 45

Shilton (Berks.), 35

Shropshire, enclosure of, 252

“Sicks,” 11

Sinclair, Sir J., “Northern Counties of Scotland,” 165, 172

Six year course, 76

Skene, “Celtic Scotland,” 166, 173

Small holdings, 58, 61, 119

Small holdings, profit of, 121, 136, 139

Smith, Adam, “Wealth of Nations,” 94

Soham (Cambs.), 61, 210

Somerset, enclosure of, 242

“Souming,” 168

“Square Patch,” 27

Staffordshire, enclosure of, 252

“Stake Weir,” 27

Stamford (Lincoln), 177

Steeple Claydon, 75

Steventon (Berks.), 68, 71

“Stint Book,” 14

Stone, T.—“Bedfordshire,” 74;

“Lincolnshire,” 77, 223

Stratton (Dorset), 19

Stratton common rights, 31

Stratton meadow, 24, 25

Studham, 44

Suffolk, enclosure of, 214

Surrey, enclosure of, 233

Sussex, enclosure of, 232

Sutton (N. Hants.), 46

Sutton Coldfield (Warwick), 254

“Tenantry,” 113

Tithe commutation and enclosure, 40, 188

Tithe maps, 188

“Thorn Field,” 16

Three field course, 8, 14, 74

“Three Patches,” 26

Todenham (Gloucester), 123

“Tofts,” 10

Totternhoe (Beds.), 63

Tudor licences for enclosure, 6

Tulvey (Beds.), 123

Turnip culture, 81

Tusser, “Champion and Several,” 82

Tythingman, 22

Two field course, 71, 76

Upton St. Leonards (Gloucester), 18, 63

Value of land in Axholme, 60

Vancouver—“Cambridgeshire,” 75, 209;

“Essex,” 213

Venteland (Gwent), 253

“Viewers of the Fields,” 22

Village community, types of, 6

“Virgates,” 30

Wales, enclosure of, 243

Wales, W., 91

Walker, D., “Hertfordshire,” 75, 125

Wallingford (Berks.), 68

Wallington (Herts.), 45

“Walls,” 21

Water meadows, 116

Weald, enclosure of the, 232

Wedge—“Warwickshire,” 204,

“Cheshire,” 101, 252

Wessex, type of village community, 19

Westmoreland, enclosure of, 256

Weston field, 62

Weston Zoyland (Somerset), 61

“Wheatfield,” 14

“Whitecorn field,” 71

White Horse, vale of, 238

“Whole Livings,” 21

“Whole Year Lands,” 80, 81

Wilbraham (Cambs.), 128

Wimeswould (Leicester), 127

Winslow (Bucks), 102

Wistow (Leicester), 100, 101

“Wood Field,” 16

Worcestershire, enclosure of, 242

Wordsworth, H. W., “Lake District,” 257

Wytham-on-the-Hill (Lincoln), 179

“Yardlands,” 30, 113

Yattenden (Berks.), 68, 69

Yelden (Beds.), 44

Yelling (Hunts.), 180

Yorkshire, enclosure of, 224

Yorkshire wolds, 77

Young, A.—“Lincolnshire,” 53, 177, 263;

“Eastern Tour,” 94, 107, 201, 217, 221;

“Northern Tour,” 94, 107, 195, 224, 226, 230;

“Political Arithmetic,” 105;

“Wastes,” 126, 128

BRADBURY, AGNEW, & CO. LD., PRINTERS, LONDON AND TONBRIDGE.

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