The Enclosure Maps of England and Wales 1595–1918
Offering a comprehensive study of the enclosure mapping of England and Wales, the authors assess the processes of land enclosure and the role of maps (the mapping of each county and the cartographic characteristics of all the maps). Accompanied by an electronic catalog of all extant parliamentary and non-parliamentary enclosure maps of England and Wales, this book will be an essential research tool for economic, social and local historians as well as geographers, lawyers and planners.
- Was the first book-length study of the history of enclosure mapping in England and Wales
- Accompanied by a fully searchable, descriptive and analytical web catalogue of all parliamentary and non-parliamentary enclosure maps extant in public archives and libraries
- Roger Kain and Richard Oliver's previous book The Tithe Maps of England and Wales won the Library Association McColvin Medal as 'the most outstanding work of reference published in the year 1995'
Product details
August 2004Hardback
9780521827713
436 pages
254 × 196 × 27 mm
1.138kg
Temporarily unavailable - available from TBC
Table of Contents
- 1. The enclosure movement in England and Wales
- 2. County-by-county analysis of enclosure map characteristics
- 3. Enclosure maps of England and Wales
- Appendix: Surveyors of enclosure maps
- Contents of the www catalogue
- Index of places in England and Wales with extant enclosure maps.