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What is enclosure movement ?

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The enclosure movement is an advancement of the 18th and 19th centuries, land previously owned by all members of the village, or at least commonly available for animal grazing and food cultivation. Usually a hedge on or around a wall, fence, or around it.

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The process that ended traditional rights on common land formerly held in the open field system and restricted the use of land to the owner, is one of the causes of the Agricultural Revolution and the labor migration from rural areas to industrializing cities.

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Enclosure was the legal process in England of consolidating small landholdings into larger farms. Once enclosed, use of the land became restricted to the owner, and it ceased to be common land for communal use.

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