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The later enclosures, with all the detailed work required, might take several years to complete. Their mark on the landscape is the characteristic square or rectangular field. | The later enclosures, with all the detailed work required, might take several years to complete. Their mark on the landscape is the characteristic square or rectangular field. | ||
The record of the allotment of land called the 'award', with the names of owners and tenants, together with a detailed map, is either in the county record office or in The National Archives. All are listed in W.E. Tate's A ''Domesday of English Enclosure Acts and Awards'' (Reading: University of Reading, 1978) {{FHL|61033}} 942 R2 | The record of the allotment of land called the 'award', with the names of owners and tenants, together with a detailed map, is either in the county record office or in The National Archives. All are listed in W.E. Tate's A ''Domesday of English Enclosure Acts and Awards'' (Reading: University of Reading, 1978) {{FHL|61033}} 942 R2 and John Chapman's ''A guide to Parliamentary Enclosures in Wales'' (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1992) {{FHL|1011673}} 942.9 R2. | ||
One of the most controversial aspects of this subject is the way in which enclosure affected the small farmer, cottager and squatter. The liberal social historians J.L. and L.B. Hammond in ''The Village Labourer'' (London: Longmans Green, 1911) {{FHL|177084}} 942 H2 said that it was fatal to these three classes but the great growth in population between 1540 and 1640 (when it all but doubled) undoubtedly also helped to create the mobile labour force dependent on wages, which is usually blamed upon it. Where common survive, smallholdings have not necessarily flourished, but you may still see cattle graze an unenclosed heath, watched perhaps by their owner from the glassy shelter of a telephone kiosk. | One of the most controversial aspects of this subject is the way in which enclosure affected the small farmer, cottager and squatter. The liberal social historians J.L. and L.B. Hammond in ''The Village Labourer'' (London: Longmans Green, 1911) {{FHL|177084}} 942 H2 said that it was fatal to these three classes but the great growth in population between 1540 and 1640 (when it all but doubled) undoubtedly also helped to create the mobile labour force dependent on wages, which is usually blamed upon it. Where common survive, smallholdings have not necessarily flourished, but you may still see cattle graze an unenclosed heath, watched perhaps by their owner from the glassy shelter of a telephone kiosk. | ||
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== [[England Land and Property, Part 2|England Land and Property, Part 2]] == | == [[England Land and Property, Part 2|England Land and Property, Part 2]] == | ||
Part 2 of this article covers the following topics. | Part 2 of this article covers the following topics. To go to part 2, click on the link above. | ||
*Manors | *Manors | ||
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