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If you can’t beat them, join them: the Chartists’ grand experiment

  In the middle of the West Oxfordshire countryside, on the outskirts of the village of Minster Lovell, there are a series of bungalows on regular plots of land. The Ordnance Survey map refers to these dwellings as the Charterville Allotments. The name alludes to a surprising past, a connection to one of the largest … Read more

William Cobbett (1763-1835)

The story of William Cobbett is important both to Farnham, who celebrate him as their most famous son, and on a national and international level for his roles as a journalist, radical and political reformist. Born in Farnham in 1763, he was the son of a farmer and innkeeper. He was in the army between … Read more