Further examples are shown below of the landscape changes resulting from the reorganisation of field systems through the process of enclosure, and documentation relating to the costs incurred

Alne Transformed

The township of Alne was subject to an enclosure award of 18 June 1811 made under an act of 1807.

Before Enclosure: The map below of Alne’s open fields, dated 1795, shows the system of arable cultivation before enclosure [M/5]. Fields were cultivated in common with each proprietor having a number of strips in each field. Alne had over 2300 separate strips of land.

Enclosure in 1811: The enclosure awarded each proprietor a block or blocks of land in accordance with their rights in the open field. The map below of Alne following the enclosure in 1811 shows the enormous impact of such an enclosure upon the landscape [I/PR/ALN].

Fountains Earth Moor

These documents provide a snapshot of the enclosure process in Fountains Earth in the parish of Kirkby Malzeard, which was carried out under an Act of 1850, with the award being made in 1855 [ZYG 6/3].

Schedule of claims (x3 images above) with covering letter stating that this was to be kept at George Musgrave’s house (the Manor House Inn, Kirkby Malzeard) for public consultation

Notice (fixed to Kirkby Malzeard church door) relating to schedule of claims, 20 September 1851

Initial schedule of expenses, February 1852 (left) and additional schedule of expenses, May 1856 (right)