"If the history of these transactions ( Enclosures) could be put before the people, nothing but indignation ought to obtain." —MR. JESSE COLLINGS at Belper.

ENCLOSURE OF COMMONS AND WASTE LANDS,
FORMERLY IN THE TOWNSHIPS OF BELPER, DUFFIELD,HAZELWOOD, HEAGE, HOLBROOKE, TURNDITCH, AND ELSEWHERE
IN THE OLD PARISH OF DUFFIELD

Being part of the Lands alleged to have been robbed of the Poor by the landed Rich

LECTURE

BY

WILLIAM BLAND,

At the INFANT SCHOOL-ROOM, DUFFIELD, on MONDAY, October 26th, 1885.

ROWLAND SMITH, ESQ. , IN THE CHAIR

PUBLISHED BY REQUEST.

PRICE TWOPENCE
direct from the Author, at 1/6 per Dozen; or 10/6 per Hundred.

DERBY :
CHADFIELD AND SON, 118, FRIAR GATE.
1885.

  

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INTRODUCTION

Domesday Survey

Duffield in Olden Times

Norman Conquest

Privileges of Tenants in Duffield Forest

Rights of Tenants in Duffield Forest

Earls De Ferrars

Earls and Dukes of Lancaster

Duffield Lands Under the Crown

Attempted Enclosure by Charles I. of Common Lands in Duffield Forest

Common Lands Alleged to Have Been Stolen From the Poor by the Landed Rich

Hulland Ward.

Belper Ward

Chevin Ward

Patches of Waste Land

Enclosure of Commons and Wastes

Enclosure of Heage Commons and Wastes

Enclosure of Hulland Ward and Wastes

Enclosure of Holbrooke Common Lands

Enclosure of Duffield Commons and Wastes

Other Enclosures in the County of Derby, Between A.D. 1783 and 1806.

Fifty Years' Title

Transfer of Land

First published 1885, Website copyright 2008 Jed Bland. 07.09.08