Inclosure Act 1857 (c. 31)

In any case of inclosure in which it shall appear to the Inclosure Commissioners of England and Wales to be unnecessary that all or any of the allotments to be made under the award of the valuer acting in the matter of such inclosure should be fenced, it shall be lawful for the said Commissioners, by an order under their hands and seal, if they shall see fit to dispense with the erection of boundary and other fences, to direct that such allotments or any of them shall be distinguished be metes and bounds: Provided nevertheless, that any person interested in an allotment may at any time fence the same at his own expense.

So long as any of such allotments remain unfenced, the same shall be subject to the provisions of the said Acts relating to regulated pastures, in such manner as the valuer, with the approbation of the said Commissioners, shall by his award direct; and the owners thereof shall enjoy all such rights of common by reason of vicinage as they were entitled to prior to the setting out of such allotments.