If the impression is that commoners were still to be found in large numbers by the beginning of the 19th century there was also an impression that there were a large number of people who used the wastes and commonable lands but who were not, in legal terms, commoners. It […]
“ Cecil Graham: What is a cynic? Lord Darlington: A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing. Cecil Graham: And a sentimentalist, my dear Darlington, is a man who sees an absurd value in everything and doesn’t know the market price of a single thing.” […]
The subject of agricultural improvement in the 18th and 19th centuries is a vast area and is dealt with in a separate post and John Martin’s own experiments in improvement are discussed here. In the brave new inclosed world the farmer in severalty could grow new crops, plough, sow and […]
John Martin of Evershot 