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ENGLISH FIELD SYSTEMS 



Since no plan of Kington is available, the appearance of a 

 two-field township may be illustrated by the enclosure map of 

 Croxton, Lincolnshire.^ As the accompanying cut shows, this 

 rectangular township was in 1810 divided by the highway into an 

 East field and a West field, while to the north lay the sheep-walk. 



Sketch of the- Enclosure Map uf the 

 Township of Croxton, Lincolnshire. 



Wiiotton 



1810. 



Map III 



Adjacent to the village on the southeast were a few closes, appar- 

 ently taken from the moor. The two arable fields remained 

 nearly intact and were similar in size. If in imagination we fill 

 them with furlongs and strips, the plan will represent not inade- 

 quately the situation described in the Kington survey. 



Between two- and three-field townships, as has been said, there 

 was no essential difference in principle. The one divided its 



C. P. Recov. Ro., 52 Geo. Ill, Trin. 



