This excellent book by Ronald Hutton is a great background to the events in Milton Abbas in the 16th and 17th centuries. It explains a lot of the information in our Churchwardens Books for the 17th century.
For example there are clear changes in the expenses on Communion wine during the Interregnum and Restoration. There is no income from Church ales from the start of the existing records in 1638, since these had been declining since Elizabethan times.
Is £10 per annum for UK only, Oct to Oct.
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Milton Abbas, Alms house, Reading Room - 19.30 - 22:00
1st Feb 2023 Graham Colls (from Okeford Fitzpaine) presents:- 'Crimes in 17th Century Dorset'
1st Mar 2023 Clive Barnes 'The Wool Stealers Gang'
5th April 2023 Helier Exon 'The History of St Catherine's Chapel and the surrounding area'
Non Member Visitors are welcome @ £2 / head. Why not pop in and say hello.
Are you interested in exploring old documents?
You can help us by transcribing documents and audio recordings. We already have transcribers around the world who are working on Churchwardens Books and Overseers of the Poor Books. The pages are shared using Google docs, although MyAirBridge, One Drive or Dropbox is also possible.
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Although we are a local history group, we are carrying out family and social history research to see how the ordinary people lived, how they were treated, their economic fortunes, religious beliefs, health, demographics, etc. We are particularly interested in the mobility of families in the 18th century.
Milton Abbas Local History Group, Dorset, UK