Common-land Ownership
The use and the rights over ‘Common Land’: Those entitled to exercise such rights are called ‘commoners’. It is a popular misconception that common land is owned by the general public and to which everyone has unrestricted right of access. All common land is private property whether the owner is an individual or a corporation. Common land is generally owned, for example by a local council, privately by a landowner, or by the National Trust. Most of such lands now…