©Bryan Phillips Sep 2024

was vicar here 1901 to 1914 and he was interested in the history of Milton Abbas, writing several articles for the Dorset Natural History and Antiquarian Society as it was then, now called the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 

Here is a list of articles he published in the Proceedings, the Milton Abbas Local History Group have all these as pdf files available to members for their research:

The Old Town of Milton Abbey, 25 1-7

Liscombe: its Chapel, Monastic House and Barn, 26 1-5

Some Milton Antiquities, 26 195-203

Old Dorset Songs, 27 24-43

Old Portland, 37 228-253

Dorset Children’s Doggerel Rhymes, 38 112-132

A Dorset Parish during the Commonwealth, 65 108-111

Orme Agnus: a Forgotten Dorset Novelist, 69 108-111

Indeed he was vice-president of the Society in 1904. 

He was well known in Dorset and knew many people including Thomas Hardy as this photograph testifies.

Thanks to Ann Fookes for sharing this photo with us from her collection which she had donated to our history group.