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==Conversion to cash payments==
Over time, in some parishes, the tithe owner came to an agreement with the tithe payers to receive cash instead of farm produce. This could be for a fixed period of time or indefinitely.<ref>Kain and Prince, p.5</ref> During the period of [[enclosure|parliamentary enclosure]], the various [[Inclosureinclosure Actsact]]s abolished tithes in many places in return for an allocation of land to the tithe owner. However, in many parishes, tithes continued to be paid in kind.
 
==Tithe Commutation Act 1836==