Summary information
Study title
Enclosure in the Southern Counties, 1700-1900
Creator
Chapman, J., University of Portsmouth, Department of Geography
Seeliger, S., University of Portsmouth, Department of Geography
Study number / PID
3278 (UKDA)
10.5255/UKDA-SN-3278-1 (DOI)
Data access
Restricted
Series
Not available
Abstract
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.
The purpose of this study was to identify the amounts and types of land affected by both parliamentary and non-parliamentary enclosure in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The dataset represents a small portion of the data collected by the <i>National Enclosure Project</i> since 1972. It covers non-Parliamentary formal agreements in Dorset, Hampshire, East Sussex, West Sussex and Wiltshire; and Parliamentary enclosures in Hampshire and West Sussex. The database includes abstracts of all surviving formal agreements.
Main Topics:
The main topics are land type; acreages; landowners; commissioners.
Topics
Keywords
Methodology
Data collection period
01/01/1972 - 01/01/1994
Country
England
Time dimension
Cross-sectional (one-time) study
Analysis unit
Subnational
Universe
All enclosure agreements in Hampshire and West Sussex, and all non-Parliamentary formal enclosure agreements in Dorset, 1700-1900
Sampling procedure
No information recorded
Kind of data
Text
Numeric
Data collection mode
Transcription of existing materials
Funding information
Grant number
R000232987
Access
Publisher
UK Data Service
Publication year
1996
Terms of data access
The Data Collection is available to UK Data Service registered users subject to the End User Licence Agreement.
Commercial use of the data requires approval from the data owner or their nominee. The UK Data Service will contact you.
Related publications
- Chapman, J. and Seeliger, S. (1995) 'Formal Agreements and the Enclosure Process:: the Evidence from Hampshire', Agricultural History Review, 35-46
- Chapman, J. and Seeliger, S. (1993) Non-parliamentary enclosure:: the evidence from Southern England, [Working paper].Portsmouth: Department of Geography, University of Portsmouth.
- Chapman, J. and Seeliger, S. (1997) A Guide to Enclosure in Hampshire, 1700-1900, Winchester: Hampshire County Council.ISBN 9781859751091 | 1859751091
- Chapman, J. and Sheail, J. (1994) 'Field margins:: an historical perspective' in N. Boatman (ed.), , Farnham: British Crop Protection Council. ISBN0948404752 | 9780948404757
- Chapman, J. (1993) 'Enclosure commissioners as landscape planners', Landscape History, 51-55