In consequence, counties which were mainly enclosed by Acts of Parliament are very partially covered by the tithe documents; counties which have few or no Acts for enclosure of common fields are nearly entirely so covered. For example, we have-- ┌────────────────────────┬───────────────┬──────────────┬─────────────┐ │ │ Percentage of │ Area Covered │ │ │ -- │ Area enclosed │ by Tithe │ Area not so │ │ │ by Acts. │ Documents. │ Covered. │ ├────────────────────────┴───────────────┴──────────────┴─────────────┤ │ │ │ COUNTIES OF PARLIAMENTARY ENCLOSURE. │ │ │ │ Northampton │ 51·5 │ 148,066 │ 485,220 │ │ Rutland │ 46·5 │ 37,728 │ 54,968 │ │ Huntingdon │ 46·5 │ 83,856 │ 146,630 │ │ Bedford │ 46·0 │ 104,357 │ 191,159 │ │ Oxford │ 45·6 │ 214,889 │ 252,417 │ │ East Riding, Yorkshire │ 40·1 │ 263,473 │ 479,228 │ │ Leicester │ 38·2 │ 158,889 │ 352,539 │ │ │ │ COUNTIES WITH LITTLE OR NO PARLIAMENTARY ENCLOSURE. │ │ │ │ Devon │ _Nil._ │ 1,611,710 │ 46,039 │ │ Cornwall │ _Nil._ │ 851,486 │ 6,122 │ │ Kent │ _Nil._ │ 973,726 │ 29,246 │ │ Shropshire │ 0·3 │ 788,108 │ 64,385 │ │ Monmouth │ 0·4 │ 329,430 │ 16,292 │ │ Cheshire │ 0·5 │ 599,904 │ 115,931 │ └────────────────────────┴───────────────┴──────────────┴─────────────┘ Fortunately there is another possible way of calculating the probable area of common field land which would have been found in the parishes not covered by tithe documents, if it had been investigated at about the same date. Out of the seventy-five parishes enclosed by Act of Parliament since 1850--_i.e._, at a later date than almost all of the tithe documents--the Tithe Commission had the maps and awards of seventy-one--all, that is, but four. Common fields subsequently enclosed were to be found in these two classes of parishes in the proportion of 71 to 4; it is a fair inference that the total area of common fields, whether subsequently enclosed or not, was distributed in the same proportion. On this assumption we should have the following calculation:-- Common Field Lands. Acres.