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Reissued in its 1878 edition, this digest of the 'Modern Domesday Book' catalogues the landholdings of Britain's wealthiest families.
With special reference to the Royal Commission on Land in Wales and Monmouthshire.
Originally published in 1963. The English Landed Estate in the Nineteeth Century: Its Administration deals principally with the administration of large landed estates during the years from 1830 to 1870. The book also throws new light on the work of the Inclosure Commissioners, who, as a department of the central government, supervised agricultural improvements made by landowners who borrowed from the government and from land companies. Author David Spring argues that the British government intervened in agriculture much more than is commonly thought. In describing the hierarchy of estate management, Spring relies, wherever possible, on hitherto unused family papers and estate documents. Espe...