Category Archives: exhibitions

2025 Street Fair, 26 July

Posted on July 27, 2025 by miltonabbashistorygroup

©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 … Continue reading →

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Exhibition 28 – 30 August 2021

Posted on June 18, 2021 by miltonabbashistorygroup

At last! Now we can hold our exhibition. We have so much to show that it will be in both St James Church, Milton Abbas and the Reading Rooms, Milton Abbas. Lots more details here. We do hope you can … Continue reading →

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Stop Press! Latest Findings

Posted on June 10, 2021 by miltonabbashistorygroup

From a lease of nearly 250 years ago! We have recently transcribed this lease which is in the Dorset History Centre. It confirms that in 1773 the trustees of the school were active and looking after the free grammar school … Continue reading →

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Exhibition at the Street Fair 27 Jul 2019

Posted on July 28, 2019 by miltonabbashistorygroup

It was a sizzler in every meaning of the word! With clear blue skies and thousands of visitors, The Street Fair was busy all day long. We had over 1000 visitors to our exhibition which was tucked away in the … Continue reading →

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