The English Peasantry and the Enclosure of Common Fields

by Gilbert Slater

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[INDEX.]

• 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]

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