All common lands and village greens are listed county by county, along with an analysis of their legal and natural state. This edition is produced from an original copy by William Collins.

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Steve Byrne here provides a critique of the principles of the countryside policy in England and Wales, which is based on our collective concern for a relationship with the common land. He contends that these principles are undermined by the hegemony of private landowners.