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Enclosures from below? The politics of squatting and encroachment in the post Restoration New Forest
Notwithstanding recent interest in the politics of housing, squatting in the formative contexts of post-Restoration rural England remains little understood and studied. Drawing upon a diverse archive of central government papers and those of the local officers of the New Forest – the largest crown forest in England and Wales – the paper argues that the resort to squatting was both a function of the uneven contours of forest governance. Moreover, while squatting led to the formation of new communities, it was neither exclusively a plebeian act nor, against official discourses, necessarily an abuse of the assets of the forest.
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Historical ResearchISSN
0950-3471Publisher
WileyExternal DOI
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252Volume
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274-295Department affiliated with
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