Minster Lovell is a village and civil parish on the River Windrush about 2.5 miles (4.0 km) west of Witney in Oxfordshire.
The village is working on a series of projects to boost the record of the village history, involving as many residents as possible.
What’s happening in 2012?
We are creating:
- The giant village family tree
- A map of the whole village with names of families who lived in each house from medieval times to the present day.
- A book of the war dead
- A book on Charterville
In 2011 we:
- Helped add missing names to the war memorial
- Produced a 30 minute film on the history of the village, starring numerous residents in costume and narrated by Nathaniel Parker and…..
- A book of stories of village residents from the 1860s to the present day, full of photographs and interesting tales.
- A set of two DVDs containing photos, family trees, documents, stories, war dead, monumental inscriptions, maps and much more on the village.
All the above are available to buy from this website to support further research.
Photos of our 'History Day' event in the summer of 2010 are on the events page.
Do you have Minster Lovell ancestors? Contribute to our project
Want to know what we are doing? Check out the blog.
News:
Giant family tree due in 2012.
Interesting fact:
John Lock (born about 1740) has 9 generations of descendants in the village.
