Common land is ground that a whole village may use. Walk on the common land.
It is owned by somebody, and the commoners hold rights over it rather than the soil. Most common land in England was fenced off by enclosure between 1600 and 1900.
1nouncommon landGround that a whole village may use.
“The common land is still grazed by four households.”
common land is land.
Practised in Farm & Countryside