Question

The enclosure movement proceeded slowly till the middle of the $18th$ century. Why? What happened after that?

Answer 1

(i) The early enclosures were usually created by individual landlords. They were not supported by the state or the church.
(ii) After the $mid-18th$ century, the enclosure movement swept through the countryside, changing the English landscape for ever. Between $1750$ and $1850$, $6$ million acres of land was enclosed.
(iii) The British Parliament no longer watched this process from a distance. It passed $4000$ Acts legalising these enclosures.