Free Land

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. Excluding the owners Of less than an acre, the number returned as owning more than 1 acre and less than 1000 acres, form per cent. Of the total of landowners in England and Wales; 90 per cent. In Scotland, and 88 per cent. In Ireland. From this, a foreigner might suppose that small holdings or peasant properties were numerous in England.