What name is given to the system of land ownership during the early years of the industrial revolution in which british landowners divided their fields into smaller units and charged rent to farmers or business owners?

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Kieran Keller

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20 July, 18:27

What name is given to the system of land ownership during the early years of the industrial revolution in which british landowners divided their fields into smaller units and charged rent to farmers or business owners?

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Cedric Lambert · Answer 1

Enclosure

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(sometimes inclosure) was the legal process in England of consolidating (enclosing) small landholdings into larger farms since the 13th century.