tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post8979568462275633515..comments2024-03-25T15:10:13.792+00:00Comments on English Buildings: Charterville, Minster Lovell, OxfordshirePhilip Wilkinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-61780934124193388692012-10-29T13:43:24.640+00:002012-10-29T13:43:24.640+00:00I don't want to sound pernickety, but the whol...I don't want to sound pernickety, but the whole point of these settlements was to provide the inhabitant of each lot with enough ground to enable him to register as a voter. But they have a somewhat tangled prehistory, which will take the curious both to Ireland and to early post-slavery Jamaica, and among the folk that Feargus O' Connor filched his inspiration for them from seems to be none other than his arch-enemy, the Birmingham Quaker Joseph Sturge. It's worth looking too at the later evolution of crofting, where the idea was to make sure that you couldn't live entirely from your croft.<br /><br />AbersneckyAbersneckyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14507608030705734988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-7751667690416925772010-02-02T08:07:12.326+00:002010-02-02T08:07:12.326+00:00I'm not sure what you mean by 'the main pr...I'm not sure what you mean by 'the main property'. The bungalow I photographed certainly had its own gate, but the overall community seems to consist of a collection of scattered bungalows and smallholdings with a road running through the middle, so I wouldn't have thought it would have had its own gate.Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-895600576650119172010-02-01T22:18:51.125+00:002010-02-01T22:18:51.125+00:00Do you know if the main property had gates at the ...Do you know if the main property had gates at the front?Familyhistorybuffnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-32486361250462729602009-02-28T08:43:00.000+00:002009-02-28T08:43:00.000+00:00Well spotted. Ah, the perception of the doors.Well spotted. Ah, the perception of the doors.Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-85997719894533814872009-02-28T08:13:00.000+00:002009-02-28T08:13:00.000+00:00I wish I'd found this one when I scoured the M...I wish I'd found this one when I scoured the Minster Lovell estate a few years ago. And I love the Chartists liking for B&Q doors.Peter Ashleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00027878122724846472noreply@blogger.com