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Common Land (Public Rights)

Volume 527: debated on Friday 21 May 1954

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asked the Minister of Agriculture to give, by counties of England and Wales, a list showing, for each of the years 1951, 1952 and 1953, respectively, the acreage of common lands and manorial wastes over which the owner of the soil of the common or waste has by deed given the public rights of air and exercise under the Law of Property Act, 1925.

Acreage of common lands and manorial wastes in England and Wales over which, during the years mentioned, the owner of the soil has by deed given the public rights of air and exercise under the Law of Property Act. 1925:

Approximate AreaTotal
1951AcresAcres
Norfolk13
Wiltshire8
Sussex296317
1952
Flint3636
1953
Kent112112
465

asked the Minister of Agriculture in which counties of England and Wales there is no common land nor manorial wastes over which the owner of the soil of the common or waste has by deed given the public rights of air and exercise under the Law of Property Act, 1925.

Counties of England and Wales where no deed has been made by an owner of the soil under the Law of Property Act, 1925, giving the public rights of air and exercise to any common land or manorial wastes:

England
Bedford.Northampton.
Chester.Northumberland.
Dorset.Nottingham.
DurhamRutland.
Huntingdon.Stafford.
Leicester.Yorkshire (East Riding).
London.Yorkshire (West Riding).
Wales
AngleseyMontgomery.
Brecon.Pembroke.