The actual idea of ownership is problematic of course. This has been explored in two fairly recent books: Guy Shrubsole's 'Who owns England' and Nick Hayes' 'The Book of Trespass'.
Guy has a blog called Who owns England here.
In some countiries, there is more of a right to roam such as the 'allemansreit' - every man's right to roam in some Scandinavian countries. Much land is owned by corporations.
About 15% of England is actually unregistered land.
This article in 'The Hill' explores the nature of ownership in those countries which have taken steps towards acknowledging the crimes of the past when it came to land ownership, including the USA and Australia, where indigenous peoples had their land stolen and
Paul Turner has created a scheme of work for those who would like to investigate this further and make some specific connections to the books mentioned at the start of this post.
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