Two days south of Heathgate, sits the hamlet of Lonwell. The gateway to the downlands, Lonwell is the last hamlet north of Bedthorpe Downs whose livelihood does not depend on mining, processing, or sale of the chalk. As such it is a hamlet both typical and atypical. The whole of the manor’s land here is dedicated to agriculture, nary a cow nor sheep grazes near this small manor. The grain and produce here does not head to local market towns,… Read more.