[CONTENTS.]

CHAP.PAGE
[I.]ENCLOSURE IN GENERAL[1]
[II.]THE MERCIAN TYPE OF VILLAGE COMMUNITY[8]
[III.]THE WESSEX TYPE OF VILLAGE COMMUNITY[19]
[IV.]EXTENT OF EXISTING COMMON FIELDS[36]
[V.]THE ISLE OF AXHOLME[52]
[VI.]SOME RECENT ENCLOSURES[63]
[VII.]AGRICULTURE IN OPEN FIELD PARISHES A HUNDRED YEARS AGO[73]
[VIII.]NORFOLK AGRICULTURE[78]
[IX.]13 GEO. III. C.81[87]
[X.]ENCLOSURE AND DEPOPULATION[91]
[XI.]ENCLOSURE AND THE POOR[117]
[XII.]THREE ACRES AND A COW[129]
[XIII.]STATISTICAL SUMMARY OF ENCLOSURE BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT[140]
[XIV.]ENCLOSURE OF COMMON FIELDS WITHOUT PARLIAMENTARY SANCTION[148]
[XV.]RUN-RIG AND COMMON FIELD[164]
[XVI.]COMMON FIELDS IN NEW ENGLAND[183]
[XVII.]THE PROGRESS OF ENCLOSURE WITHOUT PARLIAMENTARY SANCTION[187]
[XVIII.]THE RESULTS OF ENCLOSURE[261]
[APPENDIX A.]STATISTICAL SUMMARY OF ACTS ENCLOSING WASTE[267]
[APPENDIX B.]PRIVATE ACTS ENCLOSING COMMON FIELDS[268]
[APPENDIX C.]LELAND’S ITINERARY[314]
[APPENDIX D.]GENERAL ACTS AFFECTING ENCLOSURE[322]
[APPENDIX E.]A NORFOLK OPEN FIELD PARISH[331]
[INDEX][333]

[ILLUSTRATIONS.]

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[VIEW OF OPEN FIELD IN EPWORTH, AXHOLME]Frontispiece.
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[LAXTON, WEST FIELD, AND PART OF MILL FIELD]To face8
[STRATTON MEADOW]″25
[ENCLOSURE OF COMMON FIELDS BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT]″73
[LELAND’S ITINERARY]″161
[EAST MIDLANDS. SECTION I.]″196
[EAST MIDLANDS. SECTION II.]″197
[HAMPSHIRE, SURREY, AND SUSSEX]″233
[PART OF BRAUNTON GREAT FIELD]″250