Bücher von Roger J. P. (University of Exeter) Kain

The tithe maps of mid-nineteenth-century England and Wales are much used by historians, geographers, lawyers, planners and others who need accurate information about land and its ownership and use in the past. This book is a detailed catalogue and analysis of these maps offering an invaluable research tool for users.

This book offered the first comprehensive study of the enclosure mapping of England and Wales. Together with its accompanying website it provides a unique research tool for economic, social and local historians, historical geographers, lawyers and planners and all those who require information about particular places in the past.

The rural landscape of England and Wales in the mid-nineteenth century is minutely depicted in the large-scale plans and schedules drawn for the Tithe Commissioners. Among other features shown on the maps are field boundaries and rights of way, whilst the accompanying schedules record the names of owners and occupiers, field names, land use and area.