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Minster Lovall Hall and Dovecote

Minster Lovall Hall and Dovecote

Minster Lovell is a village and civil parish on the River Windrush about 2.5 miles (4.0 km) west of Witney in Oxfordshire.

Minster Lovell comprises three parts: Old Minster, Little Minster and New Minster. Old Minster includes the Church of England parish church of Saint Kenelm, Minster Lovell Hall and the Mill and Old Swan Inn. A large part of New Minster is the Charterville Allotments, which were founded by the Chartists in 1847-52. It is the third and largest of the Chartist estates. 300 acres (120 ha) were divided into 80 smallholdings with model cottages. 40 oxen and 18 pigs were provided to the winners of the plots, drawn by lot from the shareholders of the National Land Company, along with manure, firewood and seed. The area is still called Charterville Allotments, and the original plots still survive as freehold bungalows set in large gardens.