Hi,
I have been trying to find the original information that the paragraph
from these two paragraphs from volume two of Derbyshire's Victoria County
History.
"It is clear that in the 150 years from 1500-1650 a good deal of reclamation
work had been done, though it often met with opposition from those who
thought their interests were encroached upon, and more would have been done
if the civil wars disturbances had not prevented it.
Common land, probably waste had been enclosedfor use as several pasture at
Belper, Duffield, Scropton, Alderwasley, Bowden, Spondon, Mellor, Parwich,
Buxton, Fairfield, Tunstead, Bonsal, Priestcliff and Wirksworth."
Joan Sinar at the Derbyshire Record Office notes that the 1630 Returns about
enclosures are amongst the State Papers Domestic and that before the
statement about early enclosures the information seems to have been taken
from the Duchy of Lancaster's documents which are at the Public Records
Office in London.
I hope that one of the list members knows the answer. I am particularly
interested in Spondon
Steve May
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