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Was this a survival of the monastic days, when the dove-cote 

 seems to have been a profitable source of income to the 

 Brothers ? In ancient times there seems to have been some 

 privilege in the possession of a dove-cote, but how, or upon 



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A. Victor Haslam. 

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what terms, that privilege was obtained I have been unable 

 exactly to determine. It seems to have been a common opinion 

 that no one but the lord of the manor or the parson could 

 erect a dove-cote, and this custom has been quoted in several 



