Collection GB 0074 ACC/1437 - MIDDLESEX ENCLOSURES

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0074 ACC/1437

Title

MIDDLESEX ENCLOSURES

Date(s)

  • 1800-1825 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

0.15 linear metres

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

During the 18th and 19th centuries Parliamentary Acts were used to enclose (fence off) common lands and uninhabited waste lands and entitle them to an owner. Common land was that which had traditionally been used by locals (commoners) for communal pasture or farming.

Archival history

GB 0074 ACC/1437 1800-1825 Collection 0.15 linear metres Various.

During the 18th and 19th centuries Parliamentary Acts were used to enclose (fence off) common lands and uninhabited waste lands and entitle them to an owner. Common land was that which had traditionally been used by locals (commoners) for communal pasture or farming.

Records deposited in November 1978.

Enclosure Acts relating to Chiswick, Cranford, Edmonton, Enfield, Finchley, Harlington, Harrow, Hayes, Isleworth, Northolt and Willesden.

ACC/1437/001 to ACC/1437/012.

Available for general access.

Copyright to these records rests with the City of London.

English

Fit

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

June to August 2010. Hillingdon Europe Western Europe UK England London Hounslow Cranford Information sources Documents Enclosure records Common land Law Legislation Inclosure legislation Agricultural economics Land economics Land management Enclosure Land use Enclosures Northolt Ealing Middlesex Harrow Enfield (district) Enfield Willesden Barnet Hertfordshire Finchley Isleworth Edmonton Chiswick Brent Hayes Harlington Bromley Land tenure

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Records deposited in November 1978.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Enclosure Acts relating to Chiswick, Cranford, Edmonton, Enfield, Finchley, Harlington, Harrow, Hayes, Isleworth, Northolt and Willesden.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

ACC/1437/001 to ACC/1437/012.

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Available for general access.

Conditions governing reproduction

Copyright to these records rests with the City of London.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

Finding aids

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

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Existence and location of originals

Existence and location of copies

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Description control area

Description identifier

Institution identifier

London Metropolitan Archives

Rules and/or conventions used

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Status

Level of detail

Dates of creation revision deletion

Language(s)

  • English

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