Series of Acts that empowered enclosure of open fields and common land in England
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The Inclosure Acts[a] created legal property rights to land previously held in common in England and Wales, particularly open fields and common land. Between 1604 and 1914 over 5,200 individual acts enclosing public land were passed, affecting 28,000 km2.[2]
^"Enclosing the Land". www.parliament.uk. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
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session Winterton and East and West Somerton Inclosure and Drainage Act 1805 (c. viii) Martham (Norfolk) Inclosure and Drainage Act 1807 (c. xxxix) 1803 c...
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occurred Show jumping is a relatively new equestrian sport. Until the InclosureActs, which came into force in England in the 18th century, there had been...
seem to have become deserted during the 15th century. At this time, InclosureActs and other policies allowed land traditionally cultivated for cereals...
propagated in nurseries to create the new field boundaries required by the InclosureActs. Several cultivars of the Midland hawthorn C. laevigata have been selected...
County boundaries were sometimes adjusted, for example by some of the InclosureActs of the 18th and 19th centuries. County and other boundaries were not...
For acts passed up until 1707, see the list of acts of the Parliament of England and the list of acts of the Parliament of Scotland. For acts passed...
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is a complete list of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain for the year 1765. For acts passed until 1707, see the list of acts of the Parliament of...
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