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Worcestershire in the Nineteenth Century

Note 6 — WORCESTERSHIRE IN THIS NINETEENTH CENTURY.

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The number of enclosure bills passed between 1800 and 1814 was 1,448; in the next year they fell off remarkably; and between 1814 and 1830, only 557 passed the legislature. The enclosure bills passed for Worcestershire in the present century are Astley, Bayton, Ombersley, Hartlebury, Alton (Rock), Feckenham, Minith Wood, Coston Hackett, Burlish Common, Stock and Bradley, Hagley, Harberrow and Blakedown, Fladbury, Yardley. And since the passing of the General Enclosure Act, powers have been obtained to enclose part of Welland Common, Areley Common, Longdon, Newbold-on-Stour, and Hatfield (Kempsey).

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