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Category Archives: local history
Milton Abbas Poor House
©Bryan Phillips Sep 2025 I was reading the latest issue of The Local Historian August 2025 about ‘Galloping’ Head, a man who had been appointed Assistant Poor Law Commissioner for Kent in 1834. It was his job to meet all the … Continue reading
1921 Census
©Bryan Phillips May 2025 Our member and group secretary, Deborah Paterson, has carried out an enormous amount of work on the 1921 Census. This is not available on opc.dorset (nor is the 1911 Census). She has used the original Census … Continue reading
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From Peasant Hovels to TV Gold
©Steve Bewers, March 2025 Quietly over the last 275 years or so the village of Milton Abbas has been changing. Built to be the homes of estate workers, who leased them from the estate they all worked on these cottages … Continue reading
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Graffiti in Milton Abbey Church, a first look
© Clive Barnes Jan 2025 We are not talking here about the kind of graffiti you can create with a spray can and you find on railway bridges and elsewhere. The graffiti that interests us are the ancient, often unnoticed, … Continue reading
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House History
© Anne Brown Dec 2024 At our meeting 4 December 2024 following Bryan Phillips’ presentation on ‘Researching Local History’, many members expressed an interest in studying their house history. Bryan gave an indication of how to start your house history … Continue reading
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“Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous” – song, Good Charlotte
© Anne Litchfield Dec 2024 A peek into the life and lifestyle of Jacob Bancks 1704-1738 through his goods and assets as outlined in the inventory attached to probate documents in The National Archives. When he died in 1738 aged … Continue reading
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Markets and Fairs
©Bryan Phillips Nov 2024 See our new webpage for yet another mystery in the history of Milton Abbas. There is an explanation of St Sampson’s day fair on this website too. Milton Abbas fair was the second biggest in Dorset … Continue reading
Blandford Literary Festival
1831 Riots ©Bryan Phillips Nov 2024 Blandford Museum has been been working with the University of the West of England (UWE) to bring the story of the 1831 Reform Riots to public attention. One of the riots took place in … Continue reading
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Winchester College Archives – new findings
©Bryan Phillips Oct 2024 A huge thank you to Winchester College and their archivist, Suzanne Foster, for helping the Milton Abbas Local History Group with its medieval research. There are early manorial documents concerning many of Milton Abbey’s manors. These … Continue reading
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Milton Abbas Local History Group, Dorset, UK 