Far more important from a broad national point of view, is the enclosure of common fields--the enclosure, that is, of land previously cultivated according to a

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An enormous amount of research into British field systems has been undertaken by historical geographers, economic historians and others since H. L. Gray's class

Enclosure transformed the old open fields and common lands of England to create the modern rural landscape. It changed forever the life of many villages, but pr