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The Dress of the People
This excellent book by John Styles is just what we wanted to understand more of the social history of the 18th century. In particular, did the people in Milton Abbas have disposable income to buy new clothes? How much social … Continue reading
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Overseers of the Poor, Book 2, 1798 – 1818
I have just finished putting together the spreadsheets from the four transcribers, and editing it. We now have 13 879 records transcribed and into one spreadsheet. A huge thank you to the dedication of our transcribers without whom this would … Continue reading
Who Do You Think You Are – Magazine
Starting on page 81 of the June issue is a piece about Dorset. Milton Abbas Local History Group is mentioned with the website address. This magazine has a wide circulation so we are hoping that our website will see many … Continue reading
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Lloyd George Domesday Survey 1910
We have the complete Assessment IR58 for Milton Abbas as 120 digital images. We are about to start transcribing these into a database. Does anyone have any experience of the easiest to set up and free database apps? There about … Continue reading
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Manors of Milton Abbey at Domesday
We have started to research these places using Place Names of Dorset, A D Mills; An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset, by the Royal Commission, and History; Antiquities of the County of Dorset by John Hutchins, 3rd edition … Continue reading
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Sunday School Usher in 1789
In our transcription of the Sunday School records of 1789, one boy is given the job of “Usher” and receives more money than the other attendees. We have not been able to find out what the role of usher at … Continue reading
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Overseers of the Poor Book 2 1798 – 1818
Thanks to a team of transcribers we have now completed entering all records into a spreadsheet. There are 13 800 records. Together with the Filter and Search Functions in Google sheets we now have a vital resource for further analysis.
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Duel between Vere Earl Poulett and Lord Milton 1771
Thanks to one of our members who has researched this almost unknown story from newspaper articles and the court documents and letters held in the Dorset History Centre. A presentation was given to the Milton Abbas History Group on 3 … Continue reading
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Hutchins’ History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset
At the Dorset History Centre there is the 2nd Edition which has been added to by A. M. Broadley of the Knapp, Bradpole. In 1904 he took a copy of Hutchin’s book and added to it drawings, notes, maps and … Continue reading
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Overseers of the Poor Book 1
Many transcribers have helped us with this mammoth task. We have now completed 18374 records, and put these into one searchable spreadsheet. Here is just one of the 275 pages we have transcribed. If you think you have ancestors in … Continue reading
Milton Abbas Local History Group, Dorset, UK 