The enclosure movement gave us much of what is said to be the traditional English landscape.

We can indeed be fairly precise about the extent to which this parliamentary enclosure movement altered the English landscape.

A great number of new by-roads came into existence as a result of the enclosure movement.

Perhaps the first sign of the revolution was in the enclosure movement, which started in the 16th century and peaked from about 1760 to 1832.

This all changed in the enclosure movement between 1750 and 1800, which aimed to reunite fields and award them to one owner only.

The enclosure movement probably peaked from 1760 to 1832; by the latter date it had essentially completed the destruction of the medieval peasant community.

Both economic and social factors drove the enclosure movement.

In this period, the enclosure movement was at its height.

For instance, English peasants fought against the enclosure movement, which took traditionally communal lands and made them private.

Accordingly, 'The Month of August' can be seen as an early poetic response to the enclosure movement.