©Bryan Phillips Jul 2025

The Milton Abbas Local History Group put on an exhibition of some of their latest findings in the south aisle of St James. The day turned out to be excellent all round with great comments received on the displays which included Metal Detecting Finds, LiDAR, Medieval Life, Experience Trail, Self-guided tour of the Street and the World War One book. The quiz on old writing which we had extracted from our Churchwardens Accounts proved a challenge for all and especially the children. The numbers of Chris Fookes’ Guide book and Michael McAvoy’s ‘Portrait of a Village’ sold exceeded previous Street Fairs. We were delighted that the donations were also higher than the previous exhibition, this will help us with our research.

But most exciting was the number of visitors who were engaged by the history of Milton Abbas as we witnessed by the number and depth of questions that the stewards received.