306 F.H.A. AALEN five, and including 50,000 unmarried labourers, yields a total of 370,000. The 36,500 cottages provided in the two provinces would accommodate in the region of 182,000 people, i.e. approximately 50% [85] Report of the commission of inquiry into the sale of the cottages and plots provided under the labourers (Ireland) acts, 1933, op. eit. Following this report a system of vested or limited ownership was introduced. There was a fear that the cottages might be sold by the tenants and pass into the possession of non-agricultural workers, thus creating anew a housing problem in the rural areas. The vesting orders given to cottagers therefore contained provisions against alienation to any person except a member of the cottager's own family or to another agricultural labourer. Notes on contributors Frederick Aaleu is senior lecturer in the department of geography and a fellow of Trinity College, Dublin. He has published numerous books, papers and reports, chiefly on the human and historical geography and planning of Ireland, Britain and Greece. Alan Baker is a lecturer in historical geography in the University of Cambridge and a fellow of Emmanuel College. He is currently studying the role of fraternal societies and associations in Loir-ct-Cher during the nineteenth century. He co-edits the series of Cambridge Studies in Historical Geography. Humphrey Southali is a lecturer in geography at Queen Mary College, London. His research interests focus on the genesis of the British regional problem and aspects of the early trade union movement, as well as the application of information technology to historical research. Tom Williamson is a lecturer in regional history in the Centre of East Anglian Studies at the University of East Anglia. His current research interests centre on the development of medieval landscapes in south and east England and their connections with late prehistoric and Roman settlement patterns.

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306 F .H .A . AALEN

five, and including 50,000 unmarried labourers, yields a total of 370,000. The 36,500 cottages provided in the two provinces would accommodate in the region of 182,000 people, i.e. approximately 50%

[85] Report of the commission of inquiry into the sale of the cottages and plots provided under the labourers (Ireland) acts, 1933, op. eit. Following this report a system of vested or limited ownership was introduced. There was a fear that the cottages might be sold by the tenants and pass into the possession of non-agricultural workers, thus creating anew a housing problem in the rural areas. The vesting orders given to cottagers therefore contained provisions against alienation to any person except a member of the cottager's own family or to another agricultural labourer.

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Frederick Aaleu is senior lecturer in the department of geography and a fellow of Trinity College, Dublin. He has published numerous books, papers and reports, chiefly on the human and historical geography and planning of Ireland, Britain and Greece.

Alan Baker is a lecturer in historical geography in the University of Cambridge and a fellow of Emmanuel College. He is currently studying the role of fraternal societies and associations in Loir-ct-Cher during the nineteenth century. He co-edits the series of Cambridge Studies in Historical Geography.

Humphrey Southali is a lecturer in geography at Queen Mary College, London. His research interests focus on the genesis of the British regional problem and aspects of the early trade union movement, as well as the application of information technology to historical research.

Tom Williamson is a lecturer in regional history in the Centre of East Anglian Studies at the University of East Anglia. His current research interests centre on the development of medieval landscapes in south and east England and their connections with late prehistoric and Roman settlement patterns.