Over 2751 Acres were sold to meet the expenses of the Act.
The King received 2344 acres.
The tithe owners received 4694 acres odd.
The remainder was divided amongst over 700 different persons and bodies. The allottees’ shares varied from as much as 1386 acres (Devisees of Sir John Ingelby, Bart.) down to a few perches.
The amount that went to trustees for the use of the poor, including the various small incroachments (for schools, workhouses, etc.), which were allowed to stand was about 32 acres.
Notes on After-History.—Annals of Agriculture, vol. xxvii. p. 292.—In 1793 Arthur Young bought an estate in Knaresborough Forest of about 4400 acres; 4000 acres of this was waste land, let out at a rental of 6d. an acre; 2751 acres of the estate were copyhold, and had been sold to pay the expenses of inclosure. The rest had formed part of the King’s allotment, and was hired on a long lease. On the 400 acres of cultivated land there were 3 farmhouses. The game of the waste was let for £30 a year; peats dug from it produced £6 to £8 a year, and Arthur Young calculated that one Scotch wether could be supported per acre.
APPENDIX A (7)
Laleham.—Enclosure Act, 1774
Area.—(From Award), 918 Acres.
Nature of Ground.—‘Several large and open Fields,’ ‘and likewise certain Wastes and Commons.’