Category Archives: document

Milton Abbas Lake

Posted on June 7, 2022 by miltonabbashistorygroup

Our member Clive Barnes gave a presentation summarising his excellent research on the design and building of the dam and lake by Lord Milton to our history group on 1 June. This presentation with maps ‘Lord Milton and the Lake’ … Continue reading →

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Vestry Minute Book

Posted on October 5, 2021 by miltonabbashistorygroup

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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the most tedious document…

Posted on July 11, 2020 by miltonabbashistorygroup

Amongst the hundreds of documents that we have transcribed this is surely the pinnacle of tedium – an Indenture between John Tregonwell and John Harding, Charles Rawleigh, Thomas Radford, Robert Freke, 1678. Here is a sample: ………if she the s[ai]d … Continue reading →

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Wills, Inventories and Administrations

Posted on July 28, 2019 by miltonabbashistorygroup

These documents are of vital importance for the history of people who lived in Milton Abbas. Not only do they give us family relations: brothers, sisters, sons, daughters, nephews, nieces and cousins but also what people possessed in the way … Continue reading →

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Old Taxation Records

Posted on July 14, 2019 by miltonabbashistorygroup

Just found that Discovery now has a database of early taxation records at E 179, which can be searched for places. It is not easy to search, but from 1333 to 1678 there are 126 records covering Milton Abbas. These … Continue reading →

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Milton Abbey Priory Archive

Posted on June 28, 2019 by miltonabbashistorygroup

This roll of parchment contains 20 documents written in a very clear Medieval Latin. Considering it was written over 600 years ago it is in remarkable condition. Our history group has bought a digital copy which can be studied in … Continue reading →

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Churchwarden’s Accounts books

Posted on June 12, 2019 by miltonabbashistorygroup

A huge thank you to one of our new transcribers who has completed the Churchwardens Accounts of Milton Abbas 1673 – 1689, in double-quick time. Not an easy task as some of the writing is very difficult to read. We now … Continue reading →

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Overseers of the Poor, Book 2, 1798 – 1818

Posted on May 10, 2019 by miltonabbashistorygroup

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 →

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Lloyd George Domesday Survey 1910

Posted on May 2, 2019 by miltonabbashistorygroup

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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Overseers of the Poor Book 2 1798 – 1818

Posted on April 9, 2019 by miltonabbashistorygroup

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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