[12] This was done at Barnes Common; see for whole subject, Annals of Agriculture, vol. xvii. p. 516.
[13] For cases where changes in the system of cultivation of common fields had been made, see Annals of Agriculture, vol. xvi. p. 606: ‘To Peterborough, crossing an open field, but sown by agreement with turnips.’ Cf. Report on Bedfordshire: ‘Clover is sown in some of the open clay-fields by common consent’ (p. 339), and ‘Turnips are sometimes cultivated, both on the sands and gravels, by mutual consent’ (p. 340).
[14] Slater, p. 119.
[15] Dr. Slater’s conclusion is that ‘in the open field village the entirely landless labourer was scarcely to be found,’ p. 130.
[16] See Commons, Forests, and Footpaths, by Lord Eversley, p. 11.
[17] Bedfordshire Report, 1808, p. 223, quoting from Arthur Young.
[18] P. 114.
[19] P. 138.
[20] See on this point, Levy, Large and Small Holdings, p. 1.
[21] Report of Select Committee on Waste Lands, 1795, p. 15, Appendix B.