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Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Departments, and related bodies: Enclosure Awards
Description and record details
| Reference | MAF 1 |
|---|---|
| Title | Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Departments, and related bodies: Enclosure Awards |
| Date | 1847-1936 |
| Description | This series comprises enclosure awards and awards of regulation of commons under the Enclosure Acts 1845 to 1899. |
| Related material |
For orders imposed after 1964 affecting Welsh commons, see BD 1 For enclosure awards relating to lands held by the Duchy of Lancashire see DL 45 Reference to more recent schemes involving Welsh commons can be found in BD 3 Records of the Enclosure Commission can be found in MAF 39 |
| Separated material |
Occasionally, the map has been separated for conservation reasons and given a map extract reference, which is noted in the list. In such cases, the award and map should be ordered under their respective references. |
| Held by | The National Archives, Kew |
| Legal status | Public Record(s) |
| Language |
English |
| Creator |
Board of Agriculture, 1889-1903 Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, 1903-1919 Copyhold, Inclosure and Tithe Commission, 1851-1882 Land Commissioners for England, 1882-1889 Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, 1919-1955 |
| Physical description | 1134 roll(s) |
| Access conditions | Open |
| Administrative/ biographical background | The standing Inclosure Commission was appointed to work through assistant Inclosure Commissioners and Surveyors. They were to carry out local enquiries in each case of the proposed enclosure and if the enclosure were sanctioned by parliament on the commission's recommendations, they were to be responsible for the actual work of enclosure and allotment. |
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