The Enclosure Acts were a series of UK Acts of Parliament which enclosed open fields and common land in the country, creating legal property rights to land that was previously considered common. Between 1604 and 1914, over 5,200 individual acts were put into place, enclosing 6.8 million acres. lumenlearning There are many detailed accounts of the enclosure … Continue reading Enclosing the open and common land of Carbrooke & Watton