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Author Archives: miltonabbashistorygroup
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
Athelstan’s Dream published
Thanks to the Milton Abbey Heritage Trust, Bryan Phillips is now a published author, Amazon page here and you can buy the Kindle book or the paperback on Athelstan’s Dream here All proceeds to Milton Abbey Heritage Trust.
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2018 Christmas Tree Festival
Many thanks to June McAvoy for this beautiful tree as the entry of the Milton Abbas Local History Group in the 2018 Christmas Tree Festival in St James Church, Milton Abbas.
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Pubs, Ponds and Power
This is a series of programmes from the BBC. One of the six episodes features Milton Abbas history. It is presented by Ben Robinson. The programme has been broadcast nationally five times since its first showing in January, 2019. It … Continue reading
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Tea Clipper Tea Rooms reopening
We were delighted to have lunch in November 2018 at the newly opened and refurbished Tea Clipper. Alastair and Kathy Beaven with their daughters supplied us with a warm welcome, good coffee and a savoury cream tea. This is a … Continue reading
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HMS Victory and the Battle of Trafalgar
We have just found some exciting news – John Welstead, aged 38, from Milton Abbas was on-board the Victory at Trafalgar on 21 Oct 1805. He was bosun’s mate. We now need to carry out more research on this man … Continue reading
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Milton Abbas Local History Group, Dorset, UK 