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An authoritative survey of the history of common land in Great Britain from the medieval period to present day.
List of contents
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
Part I. Common Threads
1. Commons in the British Landscape
2. Custom and Law: The Genesis of Common Land
3. Managing Communal Resources
4. Commons as Communal Spaces
5. Living on the Edge: Commons and the Poor
6. The Age of 'Improvement': Privatisation and the Reconfiguration of Common Land
7. The Commons Reinvented
8. The Changing Face of Common Land since 1860
Part II. A Kaleidoscope of Common Landscapes: Eight Case Studies
9. North Assynt Common Grazings, Sutherland
10. Nether Wasdale Common, Cumberland
11. Cockfield Fell, Co. Durham
12. Isle of Axholme Turbary Allotments, Lincolnshire
13. Llanllechid Mountain and Aber Mountain, Caernarvonshire
14. Bringsty Common and Bromyard Downs, Herefordshire
15. Ibsley Common and Rockford Common, New Forest, Hampshire
16. Wimbledon Common and Putney Heath, Surrey
Conclusion: Common Ground
Select Bibliography
Index
About the author
ANGUS WINCHESTER is Emeritus Professor of Local and Landscape History at Lancaster University. His interests in common land have developed over many years, arising originally out of research into the history of upland landscapes in northern England.
Summary
An authoritative survey of the history of common land in Great Britain from the medieval period to present day.
