From Assarts to Acts of Parliament - a landscape archaeologist's view of enclosure
Updated: Oct 21
Dr David Johnson, landscape archaeologist and author, presented 'Assarts to Acts of Parliament' on Monday 19 October.
Although the term 'enclosure' is often applied just to 18th or 19th century parliamentary reworking of farmed landscapes, David showed us how the enclosing of land taken in from the fells, moors and woodland has been happening for many centuries.
His talk focused on the Yorkshire Dales showing how and why enclosure was so important and widespread, from the Middle Ages onwards.
