Key term for AQA GCSE History, used in Elizabethan England (c1568–1603).
The practice of dividing up large open fields and common land into smaller, fenced-off pieces owned by a single person, often for sheep farming.
Enclosure appears in AQA GCSE History revision content for British Depth Studies, especially Elizabethan England (c1568–1603) and The Poor.
British Depth Studies
Elizabethan England (c1568–1603) • The Poor
British Depth Studies
Elizabethan England (c1568–1603) • A ‘Golden Age’
Thematic Studies
Britain: Power and the People (c1170–Present) • Uprisings against the Crown
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