The English Land Market in the Eighteenth Century: the Case of Lincolnshire.

The article examines the mechanism of the land market in Lincolnshire, England in the eighteenth century. It describes the usual purchasers of land during the eighteenth century and discusses the social composition of the Lincolnshire land market. The factors which contributed to the demand for land in rural areas are identified. The article reports on the work of H.J. Habakkuk, which has illuminated the mechanism of the land market in eighteenth-century England and inspired the revival of interest in the structure of landed society.