The English Peasantry and the Enclosure of Common Fields

Name: The English Peasantry and the Enclosure of Common Fields
Author: Slater, Gilbert

Slater, Gilbert

Agriculture -- England; Inclosures; Peasants -- England; Village communities -- Great Britain

I have before me the map of the meadow, now somewhat tattered,
being drawn upon a half sheet of thin foolscap, and a little notebook
recording particulars of the different plots in the meadow, and in the
case of the changeable allotments, who were entitled to them each year
from 1882 to about 1905, which the viewers used in partitioning the
meadow. The map I reproduce. The notebook reads[4]:--


STRATTON COMMON MEADOW.

Lear Croft Changeable Allotment next the Yard but one to Sparks.[5]

          1882.  Ozzard.
          1883.  Brett.
          1884.  Ozzard.
          1885.  Green.

Water Gates Changeable Allotment No. 1.

          1883.  M. Dean (Newberry).
          1884.  R. Davis.
          1885.  Dean.
          1886.  Davis.

Hole Rush--Changeable No. 1.

          1883.  Mr. R. Davis.
          1884.  Mr. Dean (Newberry).
          1885.  Mr. Davis.
          1886.  Mr. Dean.

Hole Rush No. 2.

          1882.  Ozzard.
          1883.  Brett.
          1884.  Ozzard.
          1885.  Green.

Hole Rush No. 3, or All Rush.

          1883.  R. Davis.
          1884.  Dean (Newberry’s).
          1885.  Davis.
          1886.  Dean.

Hole Rush near the Parish, No. 5.

          1883.  Mr. Dean (Newberry).
          1884.  R. Davis.
          1885.  Dean.
          1886.  Davis.

Hole Rush No. 4.

          1883.  Mr. Kellaway.
          1884.  Brown.
          1885.  Kellaway.
          1886.  Brown.

Hole Rush No 6, near the Parish.

          1883.  Brown.
          1884.  Kellaway.
          1885.  Brown.
          1886.  Kellaway.

Long Lands No. 2.

          1883.  Mr. Dean (Dunn).
          1884.  Brett.
          1885.  Brett.
          1886.  Dean.

Long Lands No. 3.

          1883.  Ozzard.
          1884.  Mrs. Dunn.
          1885.  Mr. Dean.
          1886.  Mrs. Dunn.

Long Lands No. 1.

          1883.  Mr. Tilley.
          1884.  Ozzard.
          1885.  Tilley.
          1886.  Ozzard.

Long Lands No. 5.

          1883.  Ozzard.
          1884.  Tilley.
          1885.  Ozzard.
          1886.  Tilley.

Long Lands No. 4.

          1883.  Mrs. Dunn.
          1884.  Mr. Dean (Newberry’s).
          1885.  Mrs. Dunn.
          1886.  Dean.

The first part of the Three Patches in the Great Horse Shoe is the
“Mill Bars Patch,” containing about 26 perches.

The second part is the narrow strip next to Mr. Channen’s--17 perches.

The third part is the lower patch adjoining Mr. Channen’s--1 rood 10
perches.

Total, 2 roods 13 perches.


CHANGEABLE ALLOTMENTS IN THE GREAT HORSE SHOE.

The Three Patches are one part.

Three Patches.

          1883.  Ozzard.
          1884.  Mr. Dean (Dunn).
          1885.  Mr. Tilley.
          1886.  Mill.
          1887.  Tilley.
          1888.  Mill.
          1889.  Ozzard.
          1890.  Brett.

The Square Patch is joining the patch by the Mill Bars, may be called
the fourth part of the “Great Horse Shoe,” it contains about 2 roods
and 4 perches.

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The English Peasantry and the Enclosure of Common Fields

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