 The process of “awards” of 1816 benefited only the landowners, in particular the Bishop of London, Thomas Allen, lord of the manor of Finchley at Bibbesworth, , and the rector of Finchley, a massive (10).The costs of enclosure were raised through the sale of parcels of land.The Regents Canal Company, had acquired of land to use as a reservoir at a cost of £80 per acre, and much was sold to Thomas Collins, of Woodhouse(11).