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Facebook – Milton Abbas Local History Group page
There have been recent major changes to the way that Facebook allows the administrator to manage group pages. These changes took place without warning and now make it untenable to control content and members. Facebook make it extremely difficult to … Continue reading
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Postcard
Milton Abbas, Dorset. A postcard in The Times. “English Village” Series (Set 11) Year – undated Publisher – Photochrom Co. Ltd., London & Tunbridge Wells. In 1938, The Times collaborated with the Photochrom Company, Ltd. for the exclusive publication of … Continue reading
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RIGGS Family Bible
We have been given a Bible with information on the RIGGS Family. Our transcription of the MS writing is: Robert Riggs was born August 22nd 1816 Mary wife of Robert Riggs was born July 24th 1816 Ann daughter of Robert … Continue reading
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New additions to our Library
Thanks to one of our members, Alistair Bond, we now have an additional 20 books. These are on all topics Dorset, and a starting point for research. They will be available for members to borrow and are listed on the … Continue reading
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Vestry Minute Book
One of our amazing transcribers, Shirley Chick, has just completed the Milton Abbas Vestry Minute Book 1863 – 1924. The original book is in our possession. The resulting 65 page document is now available for our members to research. The … Continue reading
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Meetings
Our new season of meetings starts on Wednesday 6 Oct in the Reading Rooms, Milton Abbas. For our more distant members, we will also be using ZOOM. We have had several trial runs and spent many hours researching how best … Continue reading
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Walking in History’s Footsteps
Our members, Clive Barnes and Sheila and Peter Arnold have been walking the old roads and tracks of Milton Abbas and compared maps of the 18th century when Joseph Damer, Lord Milton moved the roads to build his landscape.
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John HAM – the Millionaire of Milton Abbas
John Ham was baptised on 21 May 1760, the youngest son of James Hobell and Charity Ham (neé Gould, later Hallett). His parents were married in 1747. They had a daughter, Elizabeth, born in 1749 but she only lived for … Continue reading
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Changing views of ‘Justice’
Our Old Town Project group have been busy researching our rural Dorset village over the past few years. We have found out the things that you won’t find in the history books – forget mad King George and his profligate … Continue reading
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More News!
Do you know how people lived in Georgian Britain? Most of them didn’t go to Bath to take the waters, nor live in towns. Most of them, 80%, worked on the land, were very poorly paid and lived in crowded … Continue reading
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Milton Abbas Local History Group, Dorset, UK 