How comes over 50% of the land in England is owned by less than 1% of the population?

Question

And what’s the history behind it?

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Answer 1

When we transitioned from feudalism to capitalism the land ownership progressed from 100% ownership by the Crown and aristocracy to ownership largely by the Crown, aristocracy, and landlords (farmers for the most part). The Crown and aristocracy still owns a disgusting amount of land, but much of it is also owned by private landlord farmers now. The rest is made up by more regular ownership such as home owners with freehold land deeds etc.