Dedication

pp v-vi

Contents

pp vii-viii

List of Illustrations

pp ix-xi

Acknowledgements

pp xii-xiii

List of Abbreviations

pp xiv-xvi

Introduction

pp 1-6

Part I - Common Threads

pp 7-8

Chapter 1 - Commons in the British Landscape

pp 9-20

Chapter 2 - Custom and Law: The Genesis of Common Land

pp 21-50

Chapter 3 - Managing Communal Resources

pp 51-82

Chapter 4 - Commons as Communal Spaces

pp 83-110

Chapter 5 - Living on the Edge: Commons and the Poor

pp 111-128

Chapter 6 - The Age of 'Improvement': Privatisation and the Reconfiguration of Common Land

pp 129-152

Chapter 7 - The Commons Reinvented

pp 153-182

Chapter 8 - The Changing Face of Common Land Since 1860

pp 183-204

Part II - A Kaleidoscope of Common Landscapes: Eight Case Studies

pp 205-206

Chapter 9 - North Assynt Common Grazings, Sutherland

pp 207-214

Chapter 10 - Nether Wasdale Common, Cumberland

pp 215-222

Chapter 11 - Cockfield Fell, Co. Durham

pp 223-228

Chapter 12 - Isle of Axholme Turbary Allotments, Lincolnshire

pp 229-234

Chapter 13 - Llanllechid Mountain and Aber Mountain, Caernarvonshire

pp 235-244

Chapter 14 - Bringsty Common and Bromyard Downs, Herefordshire

pp 245-254

Chapter 15 - Ibsley Common and Rockford Common, New Forest, Hampshire

pp 255-264

Chapter 16 - Wimbledon Common and Putney Heath, Surrey

pp 265-274

Conclusion: Common Ground

pp 275-282

Select Bibliography

pp 283-302

Index

pp 303-312

Garden and Landscape History

pp 313-313