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STANWELL ENCLOSURE


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0074 ACC/0849

Held at: London Metropolitan Archives

Title: STANWELL ENCLOSURE

Date(s): 1789

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 0.01 linear metres

Name of creator(s): Parliament.

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

A History of the County of Middlesex notes that "in the Middle Ages most of [Stanwell] lay in open fields, but nearly all the land west of Stanwellmoor and that around Hammonds Farm was inclosed by the mid-18th century. Borough Field, to the north and west of the manor-house, and another small field nearby were inclosed in 1771 by the lord of the manor, when he diverted a footpath across them away from his house. Most of the area south of Stanwell and West Bedfont villages remained open until 1792. ... The remaining open fields and commons were inclosed in 1792, and orchards and marketgardens began to spread over the parish in the second half of the 19th century".

From: 'Stanwell: Introduction', A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 3: Shepperton, Staines, Stanwell, Sunbury, Teddington, Heston and Isleworth, Twickenham, Cowley, Cranford, West Drayton, Greenford, Hanwell, Harefield and Harlington (1962), pp. 33-36. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=22238&strquery=clos Date accessed: 25 August 2010.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Copy of the Stanwell Enclosure Act, "for dividing and inclosing the several open fields arable and meadow grounds, and lammas lands, and commons, moors, and waste lands within the manors of Stanwell and Hammonds, otherwise Shipcot, and in the parish of Stanwell, in the County of Middlesex".

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

One item.

Conditions governing access:

Available for general access.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copyright to this collection rests with the City of London.

Physical characteristics:

Fit

Finding aids:

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

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Record donated in October 1963.

ALLIED MATERIALS

DESCRIPTION NOTES Rules or conventions: 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.

Date(s) of descriptions: August to October 2010.


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Enclosure | Land management | Land economics | Agricultural economics
Enclosure records | Documents | Information sources
Inclosure legislation | Legislation | Law

Personal names

Corporate names

Places
London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
Stanwell | Surrey | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe