This excellent book uses pre-Reformation Churchwardens Accounts to show what life was like for the people of the parish, including rural parishes in the 14th, 15th and early 16th centuries. How the parish worked as a community, including of course all the religious ceremonies, plays, processions, holy days, dressing the church, candles.
Is £10 per annum for UK only, Oct to Oct.
Please contact us for payment details.
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