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This pretty village of Cotwold stone and thatched roofs is romantically positioned on the River Windrush. Reputedly the region’s most haunted village, Minster Lovell is perhaps best known the ruins of its 15th century hall, owned by generations of the Lovell family and now an impressive ancient monument in a beautifully romantic setting between the river and the church.

We are told that in 1708 workmen found a secret chamber containing two skeletons: one of a man seated at a table, at his feet that of a dog. Legend has it that the man was Francis Lovell, who had hidden in the secret chamber after defeat at the battle of Stoke Field in 1487. His presence was known only to one trusty servant, whose sudden death left Sir Francis (and his faithful hound) to their grisly fate.