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Gripping the standard in bloodless claws, Cluny climbed over the fence to the common land. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z
Surprisingly, they seemed to work perfectly and before long the two friends had covered nearly three-quarters of the common land. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z
Because he was chief at the time, he gradually took more and more of the common land, and took more and more wives to work it. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z
At that precise moment it was two of those same creatures who stood on the fringe of Mossflower Wood, spying across the common land to where Cluny’s army was exercising. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z
They shook paws and ventured out on to the common land. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z
Before he dealt with that problem there was still the common land to be crossed. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z
By now they were at the edge of the common land. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z
Wearily they made their way out of the woods and back to the common land. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z
He watched twelve rats falling over each other and bumping heads as they chased his friend around the common land. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z
Just out of reach across the fence on the common land stood Basil Stag Hare, in the “at ease” position. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z
So-named because of its black soil, the 211.5 acres of protected common land is wild and loamy, a place where you can still, on occasion, see bats. London, South of the River (Before ‘Brexit’) 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z
And then he lingers in the countryside, struck by the rumbling unrest between displaced peasants and greedy landowners grabbing tracts of common land. Marilyn Stasio’s Crime Column Exhumes the Murderous Past 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z
In England and Wales, however, the 2000 Countryside and Rights of Way Act established a right to roam only over particular stretches of mountain, moor, heath, down or common land. Ramble On by Sinclair McKay – review 2012-06-22T21:55:19Z
In the ’30s, there was an effort by regular working-class people to reclaim the common land as their own. Q&A: Walking ‘That Long Trailing Leg of Britain’ 2013-08-20T21:21:43Z
She deftly manoeuvres a tractor-load of brushwood which she's spent the afternoon cutting from common land owned jointly by the community. Portugal's Barroso lithium mine project faces villagers' ire 2023-10-18T04:00:00Z
It held that, if a squatter could build a house on common land between dusk and dawn, then the occupier could lay claim to the legal freehold of the property. Why this tiny home was built in one night on Pontypridd Common 2023-10-14T04:00:00Z
National Trust Cymru, Gower said the area "is home to a variety of special wildlife and livestock that grazes freely across the common land and meadows". Selfie takers forced pony off cliff in Gower, farmer says 2023-09-12T04:00:00Z
The common lands were closed off and replaced with commercial farms. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z
There are 57 acres of common land in Fox Mill, some designated as Audubon Wildlife Sanctuaries with features such as bat boxes. Virginia’s Fox Mill Estates keeps them coming back 2023-01-25T05:00:00Z
But three quarters of the mine depends on accessing lithium deposits found in rocks on common land in the area, with the majority owned by the village. Portugal's Barroso lithium mine project faces villagers' ire 2023-10-18T04:00:00Z
Tensions are know to run high at condominium meetings because of disputes over parking, use of common land and the subdivision of fees and expenses. A Gunman Kills 3 in Rome, Shocking the City 2022-12-12T05:00:00Z
The European idea of usufruct—the right to common land use and enjoyment—comes close to the native understanding, but colonists did not practice usufruct widely in America. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z
The community has nearly seven acres of forested common land, and nearby Lake Royal offers fishing and water activities. Briarwood is a close-knit community surrounded by nature 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z
All retained some common land to share later, and for grazing and timber in the meantime. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z
Aida is president of the Baldios - or common land association - which has rejected international mining company Savannah Resource's financial offer to lease the land currently used for forestry and pasture. Portugal's Barroso lithium mine project faces villagers' ire 2023-10-18T04:00:00Z
The Crown Estate said most of its land in Wales was common land and open to everyone, but camping was not permitted. 'Open land for wild camping in Wales', say campaigners 2021-07-26T04:00:00Z
“Hotels would be the only common land use which would always need City Council approval to be built, no matter what,” Mr. Gates said. A $7 Billion Mistake? New York Seeks to Curb New Hotels. 2021-04-27T04:00:00Z
Voigtländer: I immediately thought of the tragedy of the commons, which refers to the problem where, if anyone has access to common land, you’re going to have overuse in the end. Netflix's class warfare movie 'The Platform' has struck a chord. Two economists explain why 2020-04-15T04:00:00Z
It also marks the ancient custom of riding the marches, or boundaries, on the common land. Women 'ignored and derided' at historic festival 2019-11-08T05:00:00Z
She would also lose access to pasture on the common land if the mine went ahead. Portugal's Barroso lithium mine project faces villagers' ire 2023-10-18T04:00:00Z
Under the Wildlife and Countryside Act picking on common land is only allowed for personal use, while by-laws are in place to protect certain areas from foraging. Can you survive on foraged food? 2019-08-30T04:00:00Z
At the same time, successive governments were making it easy for the wealthy to enclose common land. Food after oil: how urban farmers are preparing us for a self-sufficient future 2019-08-18T04:00:00Z
The community has two swim and tennis clubs, several tot lots, a pond, creeks and 57 acres of common land. Looking to buy a home for $600,000? Here’s what you can expect to find. 2019-05-21T04:00:00Z
They encourage people to explore sacred forests, de Barros said, and promote an “income economy and a competitive system against the model of generational and community solidarity”, as well as the privatisation of common land. 'Our god is stronger' - can biodiverse Bijagós fend off evangelical threat? 2018-11-06T05:00:00Z
The parish council of Covas do Barroso and the common land association have also lodged their own legal cases in an attempt to block the project. Portugal's Barroso lithium mine project faces villagers' ire 2023-10-18T04:00:00Z
Before the uprising, residents allege, local politicians not only turned a blind eye to drug trafficking and extortion, but financed their campaigns with illegal logging and attempted to seize control of common lands. The Mexican indigenous community that ran politicians out of town 2018-04-03T04:00:00Z
“Negro and white Americans do not belong to the same social body. They do not share that body of consensus or common feeling that usually binds together people sharing a common land.” Lerone Bennett Jr., journalist and historian of African American life, dies at 89 2018-02-15T05:00:00Z
The government privatized the herds, but the pastures remained common land. Could Dogs Help Save the Mongolian Steppe? 2018-02-15T05:00:00Z
And while barbed wire could enforce legal boundaries, many fences were illegal - attempts to commandeer common land for private purposes. 'The devil's rope': How barbed wire changed America - BBC News 2017-08-06T04:00:00Z
In “Utopia,” published in 1516, Thomas More suggests it as a way to help feudal farmers hurt by the conversion of common land for public use into private land for commercial use. The Future of Not Working 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z
As demand for land rises in India to boost growth, common lands are being taken over for industrial and development projects, including mines, power plants and colleges. Protect common land: Indian classical singer makes unusual appeal 2017-01-16T05:00:00Z
The Rural Payments Agency is still reviewing the 2015 basic payment claims for 1,200 people living on common land. Farmers using food banks after government payment delay - BBC News 2016-12-18T05:00:00Z
The border of the United States and Canada is the world’s longest common land border. Obama signs off on bill to firm US border with Canada 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z
Some 41% of the land on the west side of the Snake River is either in conservation easements, zoned as common land or under water. Wilson, Wyo.: A Low-Key Ski Town for America’s Wealthy 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z
And above everything, we must remind ourselves that we’re all Americans, and that as Americans, we share not just a common land but a common life. Read Loretta Lynch's Response to 'Unfathomable Tragedy' in Dallas 2016-07-08T04:00:00Z
"We need to change our notion of poromboke - the common land, as well as the word itself," he said. Protect common land: Indian classical singer makes unusual appeal 2017-01-16T05:00:00Z
Previously common land, on which labourers could grow crops or keep livestock to supplement their wages, was being enclosed by landowners. Littleport's hunger riots: Descendants mark 200th anniversary - BBC News 2016-05-27T04:00:00Z
Chief executive Michael Carrick said it would lead to improved maintenance and access to the replacement common land. £325m Circuit of Wales plans in Ebbw Vale pass 'vital' hurdle - BBC News 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z
The development follows a legal challenge from farmers with rights over common land in Gloucestershire. Common land farmers set for payout 2015-03-18T04:00:00Z
Mr. Panghal, who is head of the village council, denied that the common land was allocated illegally and that the Jats were exercising a social boycott of the Dalits. Rape Allegations in a Haryana Village Underscore a Social Fracas 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z
A potato patch illegally planted on Cambridge common land is to be dug up by city council workers after a deadline for its removal passed. 'Spudgate' illegal potato plot row 2014-05-08T01:44:44Z
"In many cases, it is common land or community land that is under threat," said Michael Taylor from the International Land Coalition. 'Land grab' database reveals hype 2013-06-10T22:01:43Z
We are dismayed that there is no mention of common land in the principal documents accompanying the application. £100m hydro plan objections grow 2013-01-03T07:42:20Z
Many farmers who graze common land in England could be eligible for backdated payments totalling millions of pounds. Common land farmers set for payout 2015-03-18T04:00:00Z
Boyle's vision of Albion imagined a Britain where folk shared the common land before the rise of those "dark Satanic mills". Bradley Wiggins on his Olympic throne – a reminder of Britain's true history 2012-08-02T13:15:01Z
An ugly, green fence had been erected, enclosing a section of common land next to the lido. Letters: Hurdles cleared … now let these Games begin 2012-07-26T19:59:03Z
Turn over common land for people to grow food on, limit the power and presence of supermarkets and demand action much higher up the chain of command. We must take back control of our food, before it's too late 2012-05-21T15:35:01Z
Any physical development on common land will require separate Crown Estate consent and it will be the applicant's responsibility to seek this consent. £100m hydro plan objections grow 2013-01-03T07:42:20Z
The essentials are that it must be built on common land, and in a single night. Mushroom Town 2012-04-21T02:00:25.923Z
All these came from the camp of the gipsies set up on the corner of the common lands of Windy Standard. The Suprising Adventures of Sir Toady Lion With Those of General Napoleon Smith 2012-04-03T02:00:29.527Z
The powers which the new bodies have assumed in checking encroachments upon common land and other like offences are indeed considerable. Social Transformations of the Victorian Age A Survey of Court and Country 2012-02-29T03:00:22.540Z
The whole fabric of society rested on property in land: as its political divisions were based on the possession of common lands, even so the rank of an individual depended entirely on his holding. Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History 2012-02-15T03:00:35.553Z
When the common lands at Alby in Norfolk were enclosed, much difficulty was experienced in stopping one road, on account of its being an ancient bierway. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 100, September 27, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2012-01-25T03:00:37.190Z
They threw down fences on the grounds that the land was common land; very well, if it was common, as they claimed, it was a proper site for a Hafod Unos. Mushroom Town 2012-04-21T02:00:25.923Z
About one-fifth of the total area is still common land, more than half of which is unsuitable for cultivation. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" 2012-01-11T03:00:20.463Z
The chiefs of the large confederations had acquired it partly by appropriating the common lands of the tribe, and partly by the conquest or protection of the weaker tribes that made up their confederations. The Fijians A Study of the Decay of Custom 2011-12-30T03:00:25.917Z
He was alone with Ima upon a rising bluff of common land. The Happy Warrior 2011-12-18T03:00:18.863Z
More than one-fourth of the whole area of Gower is unenclosed common land, of which in English Gower fully one-half is apparently capable of cultivation. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" 2011-11-13T03:00:13.177Z
In Colombia, Dr. Baptiste said that the Humboldt Institute recently introduced a national initiative to include all of the indigenous groups who own common lands in a broader debate about biodiversity management. Green Blog: Climate Change Takes a Toll on Cultures 2011-09-27T15:59:51Z
Through the eighteenth century it had formed part of the estate of Rede Place, or rather it had been enclosed and appropriated, together with other common land. Jane Oglander 2011-08-30T02:00:38.717Z
Thus, as the Nandoi people came to regard these valueless swamps as their peculiar property, individual families appropriated portions of their common land, upon the undeniable claim of having expended labour upon them. The Fijians A Study of the Decay of Custom 2011-12-30T03:00:25.917Z
Beyond the stream was common land, free to all. The Happy Warrior 2011-12-18T03:00:18.863Z
The act does not extend to common lands nor to lands over which rights of grazing or pasturage for not more than nine months in the year exist. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" 2011-08-24T02:00:20.690Z
And I set the ‘hangs’ for rabbits, your warshups, which isn’t game, an’ I thowt as how that bit o’ furze were common land, and didn’t belong to nobody. Dorrien of Cranston 2011-07-07T02:00:31.540Z
Founded by the anarchist Gerrard Winstanley, they were peasants who cultivated waste and common land, claiming it as their rightful due. Who are the squatters? 2011-07-06T10:59:46Z
All the streams and rivers are owned; all the common land has been appropriated; all the minerals a hundred fathoms below the surface are somebody's by divine right. The Squire's Daughter 2011-06-13T02:00:25.710Z
It meant going back a mile and a mile down again so as to come to the common land. The Happy Warrior 2011-12-18T03:00:18.863Z
Like many Romanian highland villages, this one owns common land in the mountains. Measuring milk 2011-06-04T11:07:43Z
The Porta Romana was the river gate and there were others leading to the common land to the other hills. The Childhood of Rome 2011-06-02T02:00:22.297Z
Between the two preserves there was a strip of common land—the waste already alluded to as having caused contention. The Finger of Fate A Romance 2011-04-21T02:00:43.830Z
Moreover, it was common land at the start. The Squire's Daughter 2011-06-13T02:00:25.710Z
The too frequent practice of parcelling out common lands, and large estates, originally beneficial in itself, has produced similar consequences in other states. The American Quarterly Review No. XVIII, June 1831 (Vol 9) 2011-04-02T02:00:12.460Z
Once upon a time there was a pond lying upon common land, which was extremely commodious for fishing, bathing, and various other purposes. Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales A Sequel to the Nursery Rhymes of England 2011-04-01T02:00:34.340Z
For vineyards and grain fields, which needed a certain kind of soil, they chose, after awhile, exactly the ground which suited them, and plowed their common land, and sowed their corn and planted their vines. The Childhood of Rome 2011-06-02T02:00:22.297Z
He who first dug a ditch about a piece of common land and said 'This is mine.' The Sword of Honor, volumes 1 & 2 or The Foundation of the French Republic, A Tale of The French Revolution 2011-03-21T02:00:09.090Z
Before you enclosed it, it was common land, and belonged to the people. The Squire's Daughter 2011-06-13T02:00:25.710Z
Assignment of common lands to groups of laborers engaging not to employ wage labor. Socialism and Democracy in Europe 2011-03-15T02:00:12.887Z
It's the only state with which we share a common land border, so economic and political instability of the kind that led to the 30-year Troubles would hurt us too. Ireland bailout: Just Dublin's problem? You must be joking 2010-11-22T11:16:00Z
The history that Hyde invokes goes back to the Middle Ages, when vil­lagers enjoyed collective rights to common lands, but for the most part it is situated in the era of the founding fathers. Common as Air - By Lewis Hyde 2010-08-21T06:40:00Z
Cross roads and a stretch of common land had shown keen eyes the sight of a group of horsemen riding with loose rein to meet them. A Blot on the Scutcheon
Each had a right to a holding, generally of 30 morgans, on the common land, the morgan being decided according to the nature of the soil. Pictures of German Life in the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries, Vol. I.
Neither were the unfenced and unappropriated common lands—waste, bog, forest and mountain—which all clansmen were free to use promiscuously at will. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis"
“There is no common land in the neighbourhood,” she said, “and you will of course understand that I will consider you a trespasser at any time you are found upon my property.” The Missioner
Beyond these cultivated fields was a gently undulating plain, not unlike common land I have seen in England. The New Gulliver and Other Stories
I can only say of them that they lie on the common lands of the village of Nohcacab. Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. I.
More over, every room and corner in the place was occupied, not to mention waggons and tents on the common land; for something of a scare was prevalent. Harley Greenoak's Charge
The Brahuis are a confederacy of tribes possessing common lands and uniting from time to time for purposes of offence or defence. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis"
The country on either side was common land, sown with rocks and the poorest soil, picturesque, but almost impossible of cultivation. The Missioner
“It possesses the characteristics of common land,” the other admitted. Jacob's Ladder
The common land for that corporation, fifteen hundred acres. History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia
It remains to say a word as to the extent of common land still remaining open in England and Wales. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7 "Columbus" to "Condottiere"
All looked as if it were common land; and one could but feel what a first-rate exercising ground Oglú Pascha had for his cavalry. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 377, March 1847
It therefore appears that Hale was executed upon some part of this common land of the Corporation of the City of New York, and it is probable that his body was buried there. Nathan Hale
So long as the common lands afford abundant pasture, what Commune seeks to restrict their use? The Place of Anarchism in Socialistic Evolution An Address Delivered in Paris
The corpse Shall he bind to a horse's tail, and drag It o'er the common land and let it rot! The German Classics, v. 20 Masterpieces of German Literature
Within this district nearly 12,000 acres of common land have been put under local management, either by means of the Commons Acts or under special legislation. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7 "Columbus" to "Condottiere"
Soon as he married, every member of a mark was entitled to a share in the common lands. Woman under socialism
Men are careful to till their own fields, but common land is generally sorely neglected. The Message and the Man: Some Essentials of Effective Preaching
Each family in the city kept its cow, which grazed upon the common lands on the outskirts of the town. Benjamin Franklin A Picture of the Struggles of Our Infant Nation One Hundred Years Ago American Pioneers and Patriots Series
This was followed by the building of a charity-school upon an angular patch of green, or common land, where donkeys had been wont to graze, and the village children to play at cricket.  A Walk from London to Fulham
The pasture was common land; at any rate, to the sheep-owners of the same village. Babylonian and Assyrian Laws, Contracts and Letters
Little Willie's First History Book," recommends Communism because "In Sparta there were not only common lands, but also a common table, whilst dogs and horses were practically common property also. British Socialism An Examination of Its Doctrines, Policy, Aims and Practical Proposals
Large numbers of them had allotments in the country to which they gave their spare time, and many had pasture rights and kept their cattle on the common lands. The Evolution of Modern Capitalism A Study of Machine Production
There are early forms of communal society in which each person is born to his appropriate status, carrying its appropriate share of the common land. Liberalism
He moved a little way across the stretch of common land, and stood at the side of the caravan so that he was concealed from any one crossing the bridge from Neuilly. The Duke's Motto A Melodrama
It was fortunate for me that the common land at Jersey was years ago the ideal thing for a golfing links, and that golfers from abroad found out its secret, as they always do. The Complete Golfer
In the late days of the Parliamentary wars the Levellers sent some thirty men, under leaders named Everard and Winstanley, to seize part of the common land and plant roots and beans. Highways and Byways in Surrey
All I know is that nobody has any rights over it—it's been what you might term common land ever since anybody can remember. The Chestermarke Instinct
If all have the right to graze their herds on common land, what incentive does anyone have to hold back? The Public Domain Enclosing the Commons of the Mind
He rose, and, passing the door of the Inn, crossed the space of common land to where the caravan stood, a deserted monument of green and red. The Duke's Motto A Melodrama
There was also a large enclosure called the common land, on which all burgesses or citizens had a right to feed so many cattle, sheep, or horses. The Toilers of the Field
They had the royal domain, the confiscated estates of emigrants and malignants, the common lands, the forest lands. Lectures on the French Revolution
It was simply the thirteen states, through their delegates in Congress, dealing with the unoccupied national domain as if it were the common land or folkland of a stupendous township. The Critical Period of American History
More likely, the previously common land was simply converted into private property, generally controlled by a single landholder. The Public Domain Enclosing the Commons of the Mind
Rough common land, broken only by pine woods of a few acres each in extent, an occasional woodman's or squatter's cottage and little patch of attempted garden. Tom Brown at Oxford
As a rule the common land was not enclosed by hedges in fields, though instances do occur in which it was. The Toilers of the Field
"It used to be a bit of common land, didn't it?" said Mr. Quickenham. The Vicar of Bullhampton
The land on which they were living was not common land: it had been appropriated; it belonged to them, and it was for them to make laws for it. The Critical Period of American History
To right and left the bare and frozen common land stretched its lonely vastness to some distant horizon unseen. The Bronze Eagle A Story of the Hundred Days
The rough common land stretches over the whole of the knoll, and down to its base, and away along the hills behind, of which the Hawk's Lynch is an outlying spur. Tom Brown at Oxford
Between the garden plots lay a wilderness of common land, on which lean cattle grazed or routed among heaps of decaying garbage: in winter a desolation, in summer a purgatory of flies. The Tragic Bride
"I hardly know what is common land," replied the Vicar. The Vicar of Bullhampton
Sibyl therefore climbed into the old apple-tree and perched amongst its branches, and gazed eagerly down on the bit of common land. Betty Vivian A Story of Haddo Court School
About 1750 the yeomen had vanished, and not long afterwards was lost the common land of the agricultural labourer. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 14 — Philosophy and Economics
As you stand on the knoll you can see common land just below you at its foot narrow into a mere road, with a border of waste on each side which runs into Englebourn street. Tom Brown at Oxford
The commune itself was also fully approved by Philip Augustus, who confirmed its possession of certain common lands in the suburbs which had been granted by Duke Richard. The Story of Rouen
"He fancies the land may be common land, and not private property." The Vicar of Bullhampton
I want to get as far as that dreadful piece of common land you have here, and which you imagine is like a moor. Betty Vivian A Story of Haddo Court School
The proportion observed in the size of these common lands is probably indicative of the way in which the population surrounding the Forest was distributed.  The Forest of Dean An Historical and Descriptive Account
It is said also of the Brahuis, in Baluchistan, that the two bonds which unite the confederacy are common land and common good and ill, "which is another name for common blood feud." Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals
The greater portion of the country was only common land. Journal of Jasper Danckaerts, 1679-1680
I'm told that they will do so,—that they say it is common land. The Vicar of Bullhampton
Indians had the right immediately to have their share of the common lands of the tribe transferred to them or sold for their special benefit. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 5, 1920
Heather grows abundantly on its boundaries, and above all on the common lands, such as Brendon Common, Lynton, and Parracombe Common, which surround it, and which are distinguished from the moorland proper. Lynton and Lynmouth A Pageant of Cliff & Moorland
Such were the systems of common lands and herding. Home Life in Colonial Days
That the North should yield all claim to the common lands was certainly a new interpretation of constitutional law. The Writings of James Russell Lowell in Prose and Poetry, Volume V Political Essays
But now it was only a wedge of common land bounded on both sides by a low stone wall. The Wind Bloweth
Prior to this legislation the common lands had been exploited by the State for the benefit of those Indians having the status of wards. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 5, 1920
As a record of 1650 puts it: "It was ordered that any townsman shall have the liberty to put swine to Conohasset without yokes or rings, upon the town's common land." The Old Coast Road From Boston to Plymouth
Like their country houses some stood in their own garden grounds, others were separated by plots of common land, but all were isolated structures. The Story of Atlantis and the Lost Lemuria
This common consisted of an open tract about thirteen miles long and one mile wide, containing in 1870 about three thousand acres of open common land. An Introduction to the Industrial and Social History of England
In a single hamlet this writer found 35 poor families feeding 22 cows and 220 sheep on 1,100 arpents of common land! France and the Republic A Record of Things Seen and Learned in the French Provinces During the 'Centennial' Year 1889
In 1870 there was presented to the Superior Court by the Selectmen of Marshpee a petition for the division of common lands among the persons entitled thereto. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 5, 1920
The neighbouring district of down and common land would not be an inappropriate habitat for such a personage. Notes and Queries, Number 181, April 16, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.
They have generally a small garden, and about one hundred yards of common land between the road and the house, on which grows the indispensable walnut or chestnut tree. Travels through the South of France and the Interior of Provinces of Provence and Languedoc in the Years 1807 and 1808
The improvement of agriculture, the application of capital to that occupation, the disappearance of the domestic system of industry, and other changes made the enclosure of common land and the accompanying changes inevitable. An Introduction to the Industrial and Social History of England
“And I will grant it,” replied the boy, frankly, for the demands to which Wat Tyler now alluded had reference to the rights of the people to hunt and fish on common lands. Parkhurst Boys And Other Stories of School Life
The Indians were guaranteed the same rights to lands in severalty and the division of common lands as in the case of other Indian communities thus disestablished. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 5, 1920
We shall see later how this same function of the common life was given to the common land. A Short History of England
They stand upon common land, and, of course, are public property. Travels through the South of France and the Interior of Provinces of Provence and Languedoc in the Years 1807 and 1808
The rural proprietors enjoy the right of pasturing their cattle on the common lands belonging to each village, and of cutting wood in the state forests. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"
Of these, the most remarkable is the "terrapin": it is about the size of a common land tortoise, and haunts the shallow waters of the bay and the salt marshes around. Border and Bastille
"But I'll speak to the steward, if you wish it; though, as I say, they are on common land and it will not be easy to turn them off." The Woman's Way
Parliament was passing bill after bill for the enclosure, by the great landlords, of such of the common lands as had survived out of the great communal system of the Middle Ages. A Short History of England
There is a great deal of common land along the whole course of the Loire, and the farmers have a practice of exchanging with the poor. Travels through the South of France and the Interior of Provinces of Provence and Languedoc in the Years 1807 and 1808
Bishop Stubbs in his "Constitutional History" affirms that "neither the hundreds of England nor the shires appear ever to have had common lands." The Customs of Old England
The possessor of cattle in the village would hire out a certain number of them to a poorer neighbour, who would have the right to feed them on the common land. The War and Unity Being Lectures Delivered At The Local Lectures Summer Meeting Of The University Of Cambridge, 1918
I know the gipsy encampment you mean," said the Marquess; "but they are pitched on that piece of common land; it is just outside the estate, and we have no power to remove them. The Woman's Way
Strange to say, Bax found even the most radical party, that of the communistic Anabaptists, retrograde, with its program of return to a golden age of gild and common land. The Age of the Reformation
In every village of England had been small freeholders, copyholders and cottagers, all of whom had varying degrees of possession in the common lands which were administered by a manorial court of the village. Gilbert Keith Chesterton
As regards hundreds, on the enclosure of a common, allotments were made to several townships of Knaresborough, and Stubbs himself allows that "it seems a fair instance of common lands of a hundred." The Customs of Old England
It was about this time that the common lands were finally enclosed; that the more cruel game laws were first established; that England became finally a land of landlords instead of common land-owners. The Victorian Age in Literature
We acknowledge no rivalry except in the great enterprise of training upright and intelligent and good-principled men for the service and the glory of our common land. Modern Eloquence: Vol III, After-Dinner Speeches P-Z
The inclosures continued to be a grievance, by the ejection of small tenants and the appropriation of common lands. The Age of the Reformation
These common lands were not mere stretches of heath and gorse but consisted partly of arable cultivated in strips with strict rules of rotation, partly of grazing land and partly of wood and heath. Gilbert Keith Chesterton
The county contains rather less than the average of waste or common land; the stretches of heath used for grazing purposes only aggregating 1,200 acres. Hertfordshire
Outside the walls there were strays, or common lands. Life in a Mediæval City Illustrated by York in the XVth Century
Upward of two hundred French communes possess common lands. Direct Legislation by the Citizenship through the Initiative and Referendum
Before judging of their efficacy, we should bear in mind that at the time he was writing, before the era of Enclosure Acts, over a third of England was still common land. The Digger Movement in the Days of the Commonwealth As Revealed in the Writings of Gerrard Winstanley, the Digger, Mystic and Rationalist, Communist and Social Reformer
It had not saved, it had destroyed the Church lands and the common lands; it was ready to pass any Bill that affected only the lower classes. Gilbert Keith Chesterton
The cultivation of waste common land was too daring a speculation for the bad times following the conclusion of peace.  The Condition of the Working-Class in England in 1844 with a Preface written in 1892
We have had a little trouble with poachers, as there is a sort of gipsy camp on some common land a short distance away. The Black Box
Their method of distribution, through the inheritance laws, of private and common lands, has made roughly two-thirds of the heads of families agricultural land holders. Direct Legislation by the Citizenship through the Initiative and Referendum
He reiterates his contention that their demand is only to enjoy freedom “according to the law of contract between you and us”; freedom to till the common land, not to trespass upon any enclosures. The Digger Movement in the Days of the Commonwealth As Revealed in the Writings of Gerrard Winstanley, the Digger, Mystic and Rationalist, Communist and Social Reformer
He is within a temenos or precinct, a place “cut off” from the common land and dedicated to a god. Ancient Art and Ritual
One piece of common land after another is appropriated and placed under cultivation, a process by which the general cultivation is furthered, but the proletariat greatly injured.  The Condition of the Working-Class in England in 1844 with a Preface written in 1892
He had neither part nor lot in the common land of the village. History of the English People, Volume I Early England, 449-1071; Foreign Kings, 1071-1204; The Charter, 1204-1216
The opening scene of our tale is a wild tract of common land, interspersed with forest and heath, which lies northward at the foot of the eastern range of the Sussex downs. The House of Walderne A Tale of the Cloister and the Forest in the Days of the Barons' Wars
And by this victory England is made a Free Common-wealth; and the common land belongs to the younger brother, as the enclosures to the elder brother, without restraint.... The Digger Movement in the Days of the Commonwealth As Revealed in the Writings of Gerrard Winstanley, the Digger, Mystic and Rationalist, Communist and Social Reformer
The rector would allow him to inclose that little bit of common land, that was to be taken in, without adding anything to his rent. The Claverings
It stood up boldly out of the rolling sea of field and common land and was tree-crowned, with primroses shining amongst the young grass. The Dark House
The lane ascended and Evelyn remembered how the house stood inside a wall behind some trees, looking westward, the last southern end of the common land as the windmill was the last northern end. Evelyn Innes
Then, Edgar, I was to find you again, and it was the spot of my birthplace, the paternal acres which in our common land seem to us a second country. The Cross of Berny
Whether Lords of the Manor have not lost their royalty to the common land by the recent victories? The Digger Movement in the Days of the Commonwealth As Revealed in the Writings of Gerrard Winstanley, the Digger, Mystic and Rationalist, Communist and Social Reformer
Around me was a stretch of common land, on which grew heather and furze. Weapons of Mystery
Little Marie tended her three sheep on the common land, and Germain turned up the ground as if there were nothing in the air. The Devil's Pool
Arbitrary taxes were imposed, encroachments were made upon common lands as in older manorial times, and the writ of habeas corpus was suspended. The Beginnings of New England Or the Puritan Theocracy in its Relations to Civil and Religious Liberty
Parliament was passing Bill after Bill for the enclosure by the great landlords of such of the common lands as had survived out of the great communal system of the Middle Ages. Old and New Masters
The Indians were all tenants in common, and no dedication or transfer of the common land could be made, without a legal partition, or the consent of every individual tenant. Indian Nullification of the Unconstitutional Laws of Massachusetts Relative to the Marshpee Tribe Or, the Pretended Riot Explained
On common land, on the contrary, it grows just right, and not too coarse. Hodge and His Masters
He saw my little Marie watching her three sheep on the common land.—'You don't seem very busy, my little maid,' he said; 'and three sheep are hardly enough for a shepherd. The Devil's Pool
The original intention of creating common land was not carried out in the Bill. The Balkans A History of Bulgaria—Serbia—Greece—Rumania—Turkey
Its scene is no longer little Whortley embedded among its trees, ruddy banks, parks and common land, but the grey spaciousness of West London. Love and Mr. Lewisham
At the last session of the court in Barnstable, the Selectmen of Marshpee complained against the white men employed by Mr. Fish, for cutting wood on their common lands. Indian Nullification of the Unconstitutional Laws of Massachusetts Relative to the Marshpee Tribe Or, the Pretended Riot Explained
Forest as a topographical suffix denotes a wild uncultivated tract of hilly or common land, more often than not quite bare of trees. Wanderings in Wessex An Exploration of the Southern Realm from Itchen to Otter
They held in common land alike by their line of birth, inheritance, home: but higher the king because of his rule o’er the realm itself. Beowulf
From the Sheep Gate to the Fish Gate Is a welter of mire and mess; And southward over the common lands 'Tis a dragon's wilderness. The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies
It includes the common land snails and slugs. The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section S
We now come to the first evidence of any thing relating to the parsonage land being set apart from the common land. Indian Nullification of the Unconstitutional Laws of Massachusetts Relative to the Marshpee Tribe Or, the Pretended Riot Explained
The advance in agriculture has made the advantage of artificial meadows and the necessity of abolishing common land generally felt. System of Economical Contradictions; or, the Philosophy of Misery
The road took a wide circle through a plantation, and then ran straight across a stretch of common land, gradually mounting upwards to a distant ridge. The Brown Mask
Even the gloom of that dark waste of common land was pleasant to me. Birds of Prey
Sometimes they tell us of the old common lands which used to be farmed by the villeins and borderers, and of the strange way in which they used to manage their farming. English Villages
Now what power had these men in 1783, to sequester four hundred acres of the common land of the Indians, for any purpose? Indian Nullification of the Unconstitutional Laws of Massachusetts Relative to the Marshpee Tribe Or, the Pretended Riot Explained
Some grasping boys soon made many traps and set them all over a valuable district, so that the common land fell into a few hands. Youth: Its Education, Regimen, and Hygiene
No sound disturbed the narrow, winding lane which twisted its way now between neglected and forlorn looking fields, presently through woods of larch and pine, again across some deserted piece of common land. The Brown Mask
On the other hand, acres upon acres were given to the larger landowners by a series of Acts for the enclosure of common land, whereby many labourers were deprived of their land. Birth Control A Statement of Christian Doctrine against the Neo-Malthusians
Many of the “balks” still remain on the hillsides where these old common lands existed, and the names of the fields bear witness to the prevalence of this old field system. English Villages
The professed object was to set apart 400 acres, of the common land, lying in Marshpee, "and being Indian property," for a parsonage, forever. Indian Nullification of the Unconstitutional Laws of Massachusetts Relative to the Marshpee Tribe Or, the Pretended Riot Explained
Behind the hall and its enclosure, the country was common land but picturesque. Endymion
"Tell me who thou art, who askest, before I tell thee who I am who am asked, riding here on common land," quoth the knight, surlily enough. Hereward, the Last of the English
In the sixteenth century the greater part of the land, including common land belonging to the poor, was seized by the rich. Birth Control A Statement of Christian Doctrine against the Neo-Malthusians
It is curious, too, that all the strips belonging to one man did not lie together, but were scattered all over the common land, which must have been a very inconvenient arrangement for farming purposes. English Villages
Within the previous twenty-five years over six hundred thousand acres of common land had been enclosed, under Orders sanctioned by Parliament. The Life of the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles W. Dilke, Volume 1
The eight of them that had settled on the common lands? Growth of the Soil
The belligerents, the Northern or Federal States and the Southern or Confederate States, had a common land frontier of great length. Sea-Power and Other Studies
A thriving village or township would begin to encroach on the common land of its weaker neighbours, would try to seize some of its rights of pannage in the forest, or fishing in the stream. Henry the Second
Similarly in every township the common land was the lord's waste and the landholders were the lord's tenants. American Political Ideas Viewed from the Standpoint of Universal History
Then, after the Restoration, the landlords conceived the idea of appropriating the right of representation, as they had appropriated and were appropriating the common lands. The Emancipation of Massachusetts
They lived in a huddle of cottages, pastured their animals on common land, and used common meadows for hay-making. Our Legal Heritage : 600-1776 King Aethelbert - King George III
Malabar Cottage stood at the top end of the High Street - almost by itself - looking out over the little green plot of common land, where the coastguard flagpost stands towards the sea.  The Grey Lady
It includes Otterbourne hill, with common land on the top and wood upon the slope, as well as various meadows and plough lands.  John Keble's Parishes
The cost to the community was potential rather than actual; common lands which are now worth millions were appropriated by landlords in defiance of the law. The History of England - a Study in Political Evolution
In the eighteenth century it became the fashion in France, as in many other countries, to divide the common lands, but many parishes still held large tracts in the reign of Louis XVI. The Eve of the French Revolution
If a family came to pay the dues and fines on certain common land, it could become personal to that family and was then known as heir-land. Our Legal Heritage : 600-1776 King Aethelbert - King George III
Over the common land large herds of cattle roamed—the property of individuals who could own nothing, except of a movable nature, beyond their small wooden houses. Irish Race in the Past and the Present
It is held as common land by one or more villages in the immediate neighbourhood, and sometimes by a single individual to whom the village has sold it. Alps and Sanctuaries of Piedmont and the Canton Ticino
They had some small right of pasturage on the common lands, and in the forests: but the number of their cattle and live-stock was strictly limited by the earliest laws relating to the Cagots.  An Accursed Race
Cheese and butter were fairly plenty, for common lands were extensive. The Eve of the French Revolution
Folk-land was that land that was left over after allotments had been made to the freemen and which was not common land. Our Legal Heritage : 600-1776 King Aethelbert - King George III
They must lead somewhere— to something else than common land, more palmy than the palms. Moby Dick: or, the White Whale
The second square was marked on unenclosed common land, at a height of about 700 ft. above the sea, at some little distance from Leith Hill Tower. The formation of vegetable mould through the action of worms, with observations on their habits
We are going to lend money to the parishes on the security of the rates for draining bits of common land. The Prime Minister
There was here the common land of music to build upon, whereas to Lord Ashbridge that same soil had been, so to speak, the territory of the enemy. Michael
They could take any local sand, gravel, chalk, or stone from waste or common land or, if not needed by and satisfaction is made to the owner, from enclosed land. Our Legal Heritage : 600-1776 King Aethelbert - King George III
But if it is true, it is true because the tribe or the city can really declare all land to be common land, not because Harrod's Stores exist and the commonwealth must copy them. A Miscellany of Men
Beyond its stream are the common lands golden with gorse, the ruined castle, and the red roofs of Bungay town gathered about the tower of St. Mary's Church. Montezuma's Daughter
The great Puritan lords created the Commonwealth, and destroyed the common land. What's Wrong with the World
Thus, any small-scale independent farming was supplanted by the open-field system, cultivation of common land, and a more manor-oriented and stratified society with the King and important families more powerful and the peasants more curtailed. Our Legal Heritage
Thus, we see, in pastoral life the dividing of the common land is unnecessary and inexpedient, and consequently private property in land is not likely to come into existence. Russia
He had no notion of the feeling with which the land nationalizers of today regard the fact that he was a party to the enclosure of common lands at Wellcome. Dark Lady of the Sonnets
Their house, their share of the common land, their agricultural implements, their horse—in a word, all that is necessary for their subsistence, is exempt from sequestration. Russia
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