Following the inclosure acts and the Commons Act 1876 (39 & 40 Vict. c. 56),Commons Act 1876 the land available for personal cultivation by the poor was greatly diminished. To fulfill the need for land, allotment legislation was enacted. The law was first fully codified in the Small Holdings and Allotments Act 1908,Small Holdings and Allotments Act 1908 then modified by the Allotments Act 1922 (12 & 13 Geo. 5. c. 51)Allotments Act 1922 and subsequent Allotments Acts up until the Allotments Act 1950.
Following the inclosure acts and the Commons Act 1876 (39 & 40 Vict. c. 56),Commons Act 1876 the land available for personal cultivation by the poor was greatly diminished. To fulfill the need for land, allotment legislation was enacted. The law was first fully codified in the Small Holdings and Allotments Act 1908,Small Holdings and Allotments Act 1908 th!en modified by the Allotments Act 1922 (12 & 13 Geo. 5. c. 51)Allotments Act, :1922 and subsequent Allotments Acts up until the Allotments Act 1950.