The Inclosure Acts were a number of The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a country in western Europe, and a member of the British Commonwealth and European Union. Usually known simply as the United Kingdom, UK or, inaccurately, as Great Britain or Britain, the UK has four constituent parts. Three of these parts... United Kingdom In Westminster System parliaments, an Act of Parliament is a part of the law passed by the Parliament. It can also be a private bill. It usually starts as a draft proposal, known as a White Paper. A Bill is then introduced into the House of Commons or House of... Acts of Parliament which Inclosure (also commonly enclosure), refers to the process of subdivision of common lands for individual ownership. Prior to the 18th century, agriculture was much the same across Europe, and had been since before the Middle Ages, with each villager subsistence-farming his own strips of land in large open fields... inclosed Commons are any sets of resources that a community recognizes as being accessible to any member of that community. The nature of commons is different in different communities, but they often include cultural resources and natural resources. An example of a cultural resource is a place where everybody knows your... common land in the country. This meant that the rights that people once held, to Grazing is the regular consumption of part of one organism without killing it by another organism. Grazing differs from predation because the organism being eaten is not killed and differs from the feeding of parasites by the fact that the two organisms do not stay together very long nor is... graze animals on these areas when not planted by crops, were now being denied. Common usage is enclosure, but this is not the name of the acts.

Inclosure acts for small areas had been passed sporadically since the (11th century - 12th century - 13th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 12th century was that century which lasted from 1101 to 1200. In the history of European culture, this period is considered part of the High Middle Ages. Events Song dynasty loses power... 12th century but the vast majority of them were passed between Events March 2 - Small earthquake in London April 4 - Small earthquake in Warrington, England August 23 - Small earthquake in Spalding, England September 30 - Small earthquake in Northampton, England November 16 – Westminster Bridge officially opened Jonas Hanway is the first Englishman to use an umbrella James Gray reveals her sex... 1750 and 1860 is the leap year starting on Sunday. Events March March 6 - Abraham Lincoln speaks against slavery in New Haven, Connecticut April April 3 - The Pony Express makes its first run. May May 1 - A chondrite type meteorite fell to earth in Muskingum County, Ohio near the town of New... 1860. Much larger areas were also inclosed during this time and in Events January 1 - Legislative union of Ireland completed under the Act of Union 1800, bringing about the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. January 1 - Giuseppe Piazzi discovers the first (and largest) asteroid Ceres. January 20 - John Marshall is appointed Chief Justice of the United States. February 3 - William... 1801 the Inclosure Consolidation Act was passed to tidy up previous acts. In 1845 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). Events January 29 - The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe is published for the first time (New York Evening Mirror). March 1 - President John Tyler signs a bill authorizing the United States to annex the Republic of Texas. March... 1845 another General Inclosure Act allowed for the employment of inclosure Commissoners who could inclose land without submitting a request to The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative institution in the United Kingdom and British overseas territories (it alone has parliamentary sovereignty). At its head is the Sovereign; it also includes an Upper House, called the House of Lords, and a Lower... parliament.

Under this process there were over 5000 individual inclosure acts and 21% of land in Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Official language None; English is de facto Capital London Capitals coordinates 51° 30 N, 0° 10 W Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK... England was enclosed, this amounts to nearly 7 million This article is about the unit of measure known as the acre. For other definitions, see Acre (disambiguation). An acre is a measure of land area in Imperial units or U.S. customary units. It is equal to 43 560 square feet, or 4840 square yards. The precise meaning... acres (28,000 km²).

Among critics of these acts were the Church and See Levellers (disambiguation) for alternative meanings. The Levellers were a 17th century English political party, and were one of the largest factions on the Parliamentarian side during the English Civil War. They were organised at the national level, with offices in a number of London inns and taverns; they published... The Levellers.

External links

• Thesaurus of Acts (http://www.ukat.org.uk/thesaurus/term.php?i=18335)
• Archive details and description (http://www.catalogue.nationalarchives.gov.uk/displaycataloguedetails.asp?CATID=345&CATLN=2&Highlight=&FullDetails=True)