ENCLOSURE OF LAND Parliament passed a large number of Enclosure Acts between 1750 and 1860. Their objective was to bring together common land and strip farming which had been practiced for many hundreds of years. The result was the field system which we see today and is still visible in the English Countryside. The Acts did not include all land, Beverley Westwood is common land and strip farming is still practiced in the Isle of Axholme in Lincolshire.	A definitive map of the Parish named " A Plan of the Lordships of Lockington and Ayke in the East Riding of York" by Joseph Dickinson was produced. This is reproduced below in 4 sections. To view full screen click on the required image. Small plots of land, Garths,within the two villages are numbered, ownership can be seen by clicking the full screen view.

I am most grateful to Alix Warley for the loan of his copy of the definitive plan.