Landownership in Cumbria, c.1680-c.1750

The importance of landownership in pre-industrial society has never been in dispute. The aim of this thesis is to analyse the evidence of a single region - Cumbria - in the light of the current debate about the pattern of landownership and its underlying causes. Chapter one reviews the debate as it...

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Main Author: Beckett, John Vincent
Published: Lancaster University 1975
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Online Access:https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.449351