PRIVATE ACTS ENCLOSING COMMON FIELDS.
| Abbreviations | A. F. | Acres of common field arable. |
| A. P. | Acres of common pasture. |
| A. M. | Acres of common meadow. |
| F.’s. | Common fields. |
| P. | Parish. |
| M. I. | Mesne inclosures. |
| yl. | Yardlands. |
* Indicates that the area enclosed is not stated in acres in the Act, but in yardlands, oxgangs, or other such units, or otherwise has been estimated from data supplied by the Act.
Note.—The spelling adopted is that used in the Act. In many cases it varies from that now in use.
BEDFORD.
| Date. | Enclosure. | Area
enclosed. | |
|---|
| 1742 | Sutton | 2,200 | |
| 1760 | Apsley Guise | | |
| 1765 | Felmersham | | |
| ″ | Podington | 2,400 | |
| 1768 | Tilsworth | | |
| 1769 | Pavenham | | |
| ″ | Sundon | | |
| 1770 | Souldrop, 350 A. F., 150 A. P. | 500 | |
| 1774 | Potton | | |
| 1775 | Lidlington | | |
| 1776 | Odell | | |
| 1777 | Tempsford | 2,000 | |
| 1778 | Little Berkford | 1,500 | |
| ″ | Bolnhurst | 953 | |
| 1780 | Northill and Sandy | | |
| 1783 | Turvey | | |
| 1793 | Milton Bryant | 1,400 | |
| ″ | Riseley | 2,000 | |
| 1794 | Shelton | 1,000 | |
| 1795 | Bedford | 1,450 | |
| ″ | Crawley | 1,400 | |
| ″ | Eaton Socon | 4,650 | |
| ″ | Henlow | 2,000 | |
| ″ | Milbrooke | 900 | |
| 1796 | Blunham | 2,695 | |
| ″ | Houghton Regis | 4,000 | |
| ″ | Maulden | 2,000 | {33,048} |
| ″ | Marston Moretaine | | |
| ″ | Pertenhall | 850 | |
| ″ | Ridgmont | 950 | |
| 1797 | Bedford | 400 | |
| ″ | Campton with Shefford | | |
| ″ | Chalgrove | 1,780 | |
| ″ | Dunton | 2,200 | |
| ″ | Elstow | 1,060 | |
| ″ | Harrold | 3,300 | |
| ″ | Southill | 2,600 | |
| ″ | Toddington and Carlton | 2,800 | |
| 1798 | Sandy | | |
| 1800 | Over and Nether Dean | 1,570 | |
| ″ | Farndish | 672 | |
| ″ | Tilbrooke | 1,380 | |
| 1801 | Little Staughton | 1,000 | |
| ″ | Wrestlingworth | 1,860 | |
| | | 55,470 | |
| 1802 | Cardington | 3,000 | |
| ″ | Everton cum Tetworth | 420 | |
| ″ | Kempston | 2,600 | |
| ″ | Shillington and Holwell | | |
| 1803 | Keysoe | 1,700 | |
| ″ | Milton Ernest | 1,350 | |
| ″ | Oakley | 1,450 | {10,520} |
| 1804 | Arlsey | | |
| ″ | Astwick | 600 | |
| 1805 | Thurleigh | 1,460 | |
| ″ | Carlton, Chillington and Steventon | | |
| 1806 | Haughton Conquest | 1,500 | |
| ″ | Eversholt | 130 | |
| ″ | Flitwick | 1,000 | |
| 1807 | Salford | 500 | |
| 1808 | Clophill | | |
| ″ | Harlington | 700 | |
| 1809 | Flitton cum Silsoe and Pulloxhill | | |
| ″ | Ravensden | 1,000 | |
| ″ | Barton in the Clay | | |
| ″ | Sharnbrook | | |
| ″ | Wilshamstead | | |
| 1810 | Roxton | 3,000 | |
| 1811 | Wymington | 700 | |
| ″ | Wilden | 1,600 | |
| 1812 | Biddenham | | |
| ″ | Stagsden | | |
| 1814 | Potton | | |
| 1820 | Great Barford | | |
| ″ | Greenhurst, Upper and Lower, and Upper Stondon | | {22,710} |
| 1827 | Langford | 1,700 | |
| 1832 | Clifton | 1,400 | |
| 1834 | Colmworth | 1,600 | |
| 1836 | Wootton | | |
| ″ | Stepingley, 300 A. F. | 400 | |
| 1837 | Cranfield | | |
| | | 27,810 | |
| Enclosed under the General Enclosure Act, 1845. |
|---|
| Date of Act. | Date of Award. | Parish. | Area. | |
|---|
| * | 1851 | Stotfold | 2,030 | |
| 1847 | 1852 | Goldington | 1,040 | |
| 1855 | 1858 | Streatley and Sharpenhoe | 1,662 | |
| | 1860 | Eton Bray | 1,860 | |
| | 1891 | Totternhoe | 1,717 | |
| | | | 8,309 | |