Memorials & monuments · East Midlands
Inclosure Oak
Inclosure Oak — Monument, dating to 1851.
Michael Dibb — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 15 min–45 min
- Nearest railway station
- Nottingham · 2.2 km
- Free entry
- Dog-friendly
About
Inclosure Oak is a public memorial in the East Midlands, recording local sacrifice and named in the parish register of war and civic monuments. It sits within the Nottingham East parliamentary constituency. The nearest railway station is Nottingham, about 2.2 km away. Postcode area NG5.
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From the Wikipedia article
The inclosure acts created legal property rights to land previously held in common in England and Wales, particularly open fields and common land. Between 1604 and 1914 over 5,200 individual acts enclosing public land were passed, affecting 28,000 km2.
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Background
History
Before the enclosures in England, a portion of the land was categorized as "common" or "waste". "Common" land was under the control of the lord of the manor, but certain rights on the land such as pasture, pannage, or estovers were held variously by certain nearby properties, or (occasionally) in gross by all manorial tenants. "Waste" was land without value as a farm strip – often very narrow areas (typically less than a yard wide) in awkward locations (such as cliff edges, or inconveniently shaped manorial borders), but also bare rock, and similar. "Waste" was not officially used by anyone, and so was often farmed by landless peasants. The remaining land was organised into a large number…
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- Coordinates
- 52.9663, -1.1545
- District
- Nottingham
- Parish
- Nottingham, unparished area
- Postcode
- NG5 2BU
- Parliamentary constituency
- Nottingham East
- Nearest railway station
- Nottingham — 2.2 km
Sources
- osm: n430767743 (ODbL)
- wikipedia: Inclosure act (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Inclosure Oak?
- Inclosure Oak is in the East Midlands, United Kingdom (postcode NG5 2BU), in the parish of Nottingham, unparished area.
- Is Inclosure Oak free to visit?
- Yes, Inclosure Oak is free to enter.
- How do I get to Inclosure Oak?
- The nearest railway station is Nottingham, about 2.2 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode NG5 2BU.