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Former Chartist cottage in Mill Lane, Lowbands

Lowbands was the second Chartist estate created by its founder Feargus O'Connor in 1846. The 23 smallholdings each of 3 or 4 acres also had access to 10 acres of common water meadow. Of note, all the cottages had their own water supply and privy. The Chartist Land Company was declared illegal in 1851 by a House of Commons Select Committee and the properties (now often much improved) have been in private ownership ever since.