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The first American invention to obtain an English patent
These intricate 1716 drawings were submitted by Sybilla Masters in the final stage of securing a patent for machinery for 'cleaning and curing Indian corn'.
Series
Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Departments, and related bodies: Enclosure Awards
Catalogue reference: MAF 1
What's it about?
MAF 1
This series comprises enclosure awards and awards of regulation of commons under the Enclosure Acts 1845 to 1899.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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MAF 1
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Title (The name of the record)
- Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Departments, and related bodies: Enclosure Awards
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Date (When the record was created)
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1847-1936
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series comprises enclosure awards and awards of regulation of commons under the Enclosure Acts 1845 to 1899.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For orders imposed after 1964 affecting Welsh commons, see BD 1
For enclosure awards relating to lands held by the Duchy of Lancashire see DL 45
Reference to more recent schemes involving Welsh commons can be found in BD 3
Records of the Enclosure Commission can be found in MAF 39
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Separated material (A cross-reference between records that are related by provenance but now kept separately)
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Occasionally, the map has been separated for conservation reasons and given a map extract reference, which is noted in the list. In such cases, the award and map should be ordered under their respective references.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Board of Agriculture, 1889-1903
- Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, 1903-1919
- Copyhold, Inclosure and Tithe Commission, 1851-1882
- Land Commissioners for England, 1882-1889
- Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, 1919-1955
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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1134 roll(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Common land
- Food and drink
- Fishing
- Farming
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The standing Inclosure Commission was appointed to work through assistant Inclosure Commissioners and Surveyors. They were to carry out local enquiries in each case of the proposed enclosure and if the enclosure were sanctioned by parliament on the commission's recommendations, they were to be responsible for the actual work of enclosure and allotment.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10402/
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