Birmingham Enclosure Bill, 1798
Enclosure
was a process by which land ceased to be used on a communal basis
and was divided up into individual holdings. Between 1750 and 1830
more than 4,000 Enclosure Acts were passed by Parliament. A petition
for a Bill to enclose certain common and waste lands within the parish
and manor of Birmingham was successfully presented to the House of
Commons in February 1798. The Bill was sent to the House of Lords
in May - where it was considered by a committee, of which these are
the minutes. The opposition to the Bill by freeholders of the parish
is referred to. The Bill received royal assent on 26 May. HLRO Committee Book, H.L. (16 May 1798) |
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