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Enclosure

Enclosure or inclosure is a term, used in English landownership, that refers to the appropriation of "waste" or "common land", enclosing it, and by doing so depriving commoners of their traditional rights of access and usage. Agreements to enclose land could be either through a formal or informal process. The process could normally be accomplished in…

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Amended by
Inclosure Act 1847 · Statute Law Revision Act 1875 · Commons Act 1876 · Board of Agriculture Act 1889 · Statute Law Revision Act 1891
Citation
8 & 9 Vict. c. 118
Commencement
8 August 1845[t]
Long title
An Act to facilitate the Inclosure and Improvement of Commons and Lands held in common, the Exchange of Lands, and the Division of intermixed Lands; to provide Remedies for defe…
Royal assent
8 August 1845
Territorial extent
England and Wales[s]

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Parliamentary inclosure acts

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Enclosure

Nodes134
Edges133
Triples167
Avg. degree1.99
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Enclosure

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Amended by · 20
Enclosure → Allotments Act 1922, Board of Agriculture Act 1889, Commons Act 1876, Commons Act 2006, Defence (Transfer of Functions) Act 1964, Highways Act 1959, Inclosure Act 1847, Justices of the Peace Act 1949, London Government Act 1963, Perjury Act 1911, Public Authorities Protection Act 1893, Rent Act 1965, Stamp Duty Land Tax (Consequential Amendment of Enactments) Regulations 2003, Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1981, Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1993, Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1998, Statute Law Revision Act 1875, Statute Law Revision Act 1891, Statute Law Revision Act 1950, Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007
see also · 20
Enclosure → British Agricultural Revolution, Clearances, Diggers, Displacement, EnglandClosure, English, Evictions, Group, Levellers, Marxist, Mid-17th, Overuse, Policies, Protestant, Riots, Scottish Highlands, Scottish LowlandsPrimitive, Social, Village, Winstanley
related to Parliamentary inclosure acts · 17
Enclosure → Act, Although, Before, Between, Church, Dorset, England, Geo, Historically, Jas, Melcombe Regis, Parliament, Radipole, The, The Inclosure Act, This, When
related to The end of the open-field system · 14
Enclosure → After, Another, Britain, For, From, Merton, Norfolk, One, Planting, Seeking, Statute, The, They, Wheat
related to Enclosure riots · 13
Enclosure → After, Black Death, Captain Pouch, Coleman, However, In, Jack Cade's, Kett's Rebellion, Merton, Peasants' Revolt, Statute, The, Villages
related to Commissioners of inclosure · 11
Enclosure → After, Anglican, However, Inclosure Act, Inclosure Commissioners, Parliament, The, Tithe Act, Tithe-owners, Vict, Will
related to Enclosure roads · 11
Enclosure → An, England, Horace Walpole, In, Roman, Straight, Surrey, Sussex, The, They, Thus
related to Legislation · 8
Enclosure → Also, Crown, From, Henry VII, In Tudor England, Parliament, The, Tudors
has method · 6
Enclosure → Formal, Parliament, The, There, Under, With
related to External links · 6
Enclosure → Archived, English Midlands, January, Laxton, Rebels, Wayback Machine

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EnclosureAmended byInclosure Act 18471.00infobox
EnclosureAmended byStatute Law Revision Act 18751.00infobox
EnclosureAmended byCommons Act 18761.00infobox
EnclosureAmended byBoard of Agriculture Act 18891.00infobox
EnclosureAmended byStatute Law Revision Act 18911.00infobox
EnclosureAmended byPublic Authorities Protection Act 18931.00infobox
EnclosureAmended byPerjury Act 19111.00infobox
EnclosureAmended byAllotments Act 19221.00infobox
EnclosureAmended byJustices of the Peace Act 19491.00infobox
EnclosureAmended byStatute Law Revision Act 19501.00infobox
EnclosureAmended byHighways Act 19591.00infobox
EnclosureAmended byDefence (Transfer of Functions) Act 19641.00infobox
EnclosureAmended byLondon Government Act 19631.00infobox
EnclosureAmended byRent Act 19651.00infobox
EnclosureAmended byStatute Law (Repeals) Act 19811.00infobox
EnclosureAmended byStatute Law (Repeals) Act 19931.00infobox
EnclosureAmended byStatute Law (Repeals) Act 19981.00infobox
EnclosureAmended byStamp Duty Land Tax (Consequential Amendment of Enactments) Regulations 20031.00infobox
EnclosureAmended byCommons Act 20061.00infobox
EnclosureAmended byTribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 20071.00infobox
EnclosureCitation8 & 9 Vict. c. 1181.00infobox
EnclosureCommencement8 August 1845[t]1.00infobox
EnclosureLong titleAn Act to facilitate the Inclosure and Improvement of Commons and Lands held in common, the Exchange of Lands, and the Division of intermixed Lands; to provide Remedies for defe…1.00infobox
EnclosureRoyal assent8 August 18451.00infobox
EnclosureTerritorial extentEngland and Wales[s]1.00infobox

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