CONTESTED COMMON LAND

The common land of England and Wales is an important common resource with multiple (and often conflicting) land uses. It provides some of our most ecologically sensitive environments and landscapes; it is an important agricultural resource (especially in the uplands); and a recreational resource that provides public access to the countryside for walking and other recreational uses.

The Contested Common Land project brings together historians from Lancaster University with expertise in manorial court archival research, and environmental lawyers in Newcastle Law School, to examine the environmental governance of common land from an interdisciplinary, historical and contemporary perspective. Virtual reality imaging software is being developed by the Informatics Research Institute at Newcastle University.

CONTACT

Professor Christopher Rodgers (Principal Investigator)
Newcastle Law School
Newcastle University
21-24 Windsor Terrace
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 7RU

Tel: 0191 222 7612 (direct) / 0191 222 7624 (School)

Email: c.p.rodgers@ncl.ac.uk

Website: http://commons.ncl.ac.uk