Salisbury Mansions history
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Salisbury Mansions history
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David Winskill
Hornsey Parish Church. Print by William Ellis, 1791
- Credit: Hornsey Historical Society
The opening to David Frith s cracking new book on The Hornsey Enclosure Act is rather brutal.
The purpose of the legislation, he writes was to “enclose, divide and allot to individual tenants or freeholders the commons and waste lands of the manor that had by custom previously been used by all.
At a stroke this did away with vital rights of grazing and collecting fuel for the poor. There had always been enclosures in England and the process accelerated from the mid-18th century. Between 1750 and 1815 around one sixth of the country was fenced off, and by 1873, just 7,000 families owned four fifths of England s green and pleasant land.
Pubs, Ponds and Power: The Story of the Village - London - worth a watch if you missed it.
Thanks for heads up Lesley Ramm @HornseyN8. BBC- Archaeologist Ben Robinson explores the hidden villages of the capital. Despite many rural settlements like Hornsey and Dagenham being swallowed up by the expansion of London, Hampstead residents successfully fought to preserve their village heritage, while in recent years Londoners have created a new breed of urban villages like Crouch End and Walthamstow.
The ladder got a very brief mention at 3 min 55 sec. The iPlayer link is here
Hugh recently mentioned the way developers changed place names for marketing purposes - great example (at 4 min 50 sec) of Gravelpit Wood changed to Highgate Wood and Churchyard Bottom becoming Queens Wood.