 In 1801, Parliament passed the "Land Enclosure Act", which enabled any village, where three-quarters of the landowners agreed, to enclose its land.Arlingham took advantage of this and became tithe free as land was allotted to the vicar in lieu of tithes.In the last part of the 19th century, the Holford family of Westonbirt House purchased the Court estate and in 1882 Arlingham Court, empty for many years and in ruins, was demolished.