I agree 'enclosure' is a common modern spelling, because we enclose things
in letters for example. I understand an enclosure to be a piece of land
surrounded by hedges or fences, but inclusure to be the process by which it
ceases to be open.
I am sure the books you list include the ones I had in mind, probably
particularly Campbell. The 1967 publications will have appeared as a
result of the Commons Registration Act and will to some extent be directed
to the implications of such Act.
Peter King
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From: Frank Sharman <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: 13 January 2000 10:49
Subject: Re: Enclosure Awards
> Peter King writes
>
> >...inclosure [correct spelling] ....
>
> "inclosure" is used by Ernle, Orwin, Hoskins. "enclosure" is used by
> Mingay, F.M.L.Thompson, Tate, Thirsk and even Arthur Young. Some
> energetic researcher might care to draw up longer lists and take a head
> count. I think Acts of Parliament usually use "inclosure". My guess is
> that these days most people use "enclosure".
>
>
> >If you need a source to cite, I would suggest a legal text book on the
> Law as to Commonland, probably best an older edition of such.
>
>
> These books tend to be somewhat hard to find. A legal bibliography,
> Lawyers' Law Books, suggests:
>
> Campbell, I, A Guide to the Law of Commons, 2 ed., 1973
> Elton, C.I., Treatise on Common and Waste Lane, 1868
> Harris B. and Ryan, G, an Outline of Law Relating to the Common Land
> and Public Access to the Countryside Act, 1967
> Scrutton, T.E., On Commons, 1867
> Woolrych, H.W., Law of the Rights of Common, 2nd ed., 1850
>
> Ouside a law library, it might be easier to find:
>
> Denman, D.R., Roberts, R.A. and Smith, H.J.F., Commons and Village
> Greens, Leonard Hill, 1967
>
> It contains, in Appendix II, at page 462, a useful glossary of terms -
> which is based on the Glossary used by the Royal Commission on Common
> Land, 1955-58, Appendix VI of their report. (Denman et al. use
> "inclosure").
>
>
> --
> Frank Sharman
> Wolverhampton, UK
> tel: +44 01902 335517
> Look! No quotes, no graphics!
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