Editing Open-field system (section)

==Modern usage==
[[File:Laxton village.png|Open-fields in Laxton, Nottinghamshire|thumb|left]]
One place in England where the open-field system continues to be used is the village of [[Laxton, Nottinghamshire]]. It is thought that its anomalous survival is due to the inability of two early 19th-century landowners to agree on how the land was to be enclosed, thus resulting in the perpetuation of the existing system.

The only other surviving medieval open strip field system in England is in [[Braunton]], North Devon. It is still farmed with due regard to its ancient origins and is conserved by those who recognise its importance although the number of owners has fallen dramatically throughout the years and this has resulted in the amalgamation of some of the strips.

There is also a surviving medieval open strip field system in Wales in the township of [[Laugharne]], which is also the last town in the UK with an intact medieval charter.

Vestiges of an open-field system also persist in the [[Isle of Axholme]], [[North Lincolnshire]], around the villages of [[Haxey]], [[Epworth, Lincolnshire|Epworth]] and [[Belton, North Lincolnshire|Belton]], where long strips, of an average size of half an acre, curve to follow the gently sloping ground and are used for growing vegetables or cereal crops. The boundaries are mostly unmarked, although where several strips have been amalgamated a deep furrow is sometimes used to divide them. The ancient village game of [[Haxey Hood]] is played in this open landscape.

===Allotment gardens===
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A similar system to open fields survives in the United Kingdom as [[Allotment (gardening)|allotment gardens]]. In many towns and cities, areas of land of one or two acres (up to about one hectare) are interspersed between the buildings. These areas are usually owned by local authorities or by allotment associations. Small patches of the land are allocated at a low rent to people for growing food.