How the land was distributed during the period of open fields and commons in England?

The land was distributed as given below:
(i) In large parts of England, the countryside was open.
(ii) There were no enclosures owned privately by the landlords.
(iii) Peasants cultivated on strips of land around the village they lived in.
(iv) Each year. a public meeting was held and each villager was allocated a number of strips to cultivate.
(v) The strips were of different quality and each villager was given both good and bad strips.
(vi) There was common land which was used by all the villagers to graze their animals and for other necessities.
Thus, the common land was very useful to the poor because it supplemented their meagre income, sustained their cattle, and helped them tide over bad times in case of failure of crops.