Category Archives: landscape
Milton Abbas Lake
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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St Catherine’s Chapel
New LIDAR Digital Terrain Model data is now available at Archi Maps. This is a revelation for the area around St Catherine’s Chapel. Compare the map on our website showing the entrenchment with the latest DTM The Chapel itself is … Continue reading
Field Names in Milton Abbas
The Milton Abbas Local History Group have some great resources for locating the field names of this parish. We have large scale maps of 1652, and 1770 which name the fields. We have put all this information into a spreadsheet. … Continue reading
Posted in landscape, local history, Medieval history, Milton Abbas
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Discover your Parish Boundary
When did parish boundaries develop? How has your parish boundary changed in the past 1000 years? Why? It surprises me that there are not many local history groups who explore their parish boundaries. The boundary is an essential part of … Continue reading
Posted in Anglo-Saxon, Domesday, landscape, local history, records
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Jack Hargreaves: ‘Why 79 Dorset Villages vanished’
Thanks to Jill Arnold who runs the Arnold Family Facebook page who for reminding me of Jack Hargreaves. I used to watch his series of ‘Out of Town’ every week. Jack lived in Belchawell, just 5 miles from Milton Abbas. … 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.
Posted in Capability Brown, Damer, history, landscape, local history, Milton Abbas
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Location, location, location
In order to locate the key points on the Woodward 1770 survey and map, the Milton Abbas Local History Group have purchased a hand held sat nav – We can now find on the ground, on the site of the … Continue reading
Posted in archaeology, history, landscape, Milton Abbey
Tagged Joseph Damer, landscape, Lord Milton, Milton Abbey, tracks
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Holloways and Sunken Paths, the Mysterious Ancient Highways
Originally posted on The Dorset Rambler:
There are thousands of ancient paths criss crossing Dorset’s wonderful countryside but none more fascinating than these labyrinthine paths like the one in the picture above which goes by the interesting name of Hell Lane! These…
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Tagged boundary, landscape, local history, Milton Abbas, Milton Abbey, tracks
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Of a once grand abbey, a once thriving village, glorious greenery, and a graveyard
Originally posted on The Dorset Rambler:
I woke to a glorious sunny morning, eager to get out on the trail again. I had already decided which walk I wanted to do – it started from the picture postcard village of…
Visit of King Edward VII to Milton Abbey, 1909
Here is a view of the beaters for the shoot. does anyone have relatives who were estate workers at Milton Abbey in 1909. It would be good if we could recognise any of these men.
Posted in Dorset, family history, landscape, local, local history, Milton Abbas, Milton Abbey
Tagged Dorset, family history, King Edward VII, local history, Milton Abbas, Milton Abbey
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Milton Abbas Local History Group, Dorset, UK 