Category Archives: local history

WW1 Research

Posted on October 10, 2024 by miltonabbashistorygroup

©Bryan Phillips Oct 2024 Pamela Phillips has been busy downloading newspaper articles for the period 1911 to 1920 concerning Milton Abbas people before, during and after WW1. Around 150 new articles have been transcribed and added to our Records. These … Continue reading →

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New Season – we’re ready!

Posted on September 20, 2024 by miltonabbashistorygroup

©Bryan Phillips Sep 2024 The Milton Abbas Local History Group is about to embark on its new season of talks and research. The talks will be focused on the history of Milton Abbas and they will mostly be given by … Continue reading →

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More Mysteries – can you help?

Posted on September 12, 2024 by miltonabbashistorygroup

©Bryan Phillips Sep 2024 There are still plenty of mysteries to solve in the history of Milton Abbas, click on the drop-down list on our web page. One of our new members, Derek Robinson, has sent us an intriguing picture … Continue reading →

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Reverend Herbert Pentin

Posted on September 3, 2024 by miltonabbashistorygroup

©Bryan Phillips Sep 2024 was vicar here 1901 to 1914 and he was interested in the history of Milton Abbas, writing several articles for the Dorset Natural History and Antiquarian Society as it was then, now called the Dorset Natural … Continue reading →

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The Hawkins family of Milton Abbas

Posted on August 21, 2024 by miltonabbashistorygroup

©Bryan Phillips Aug 2024 Want to know more about the lives of people who once lived in Milton Abbas? Do you have BARNES, HARVEY, HAWKINS, HAM, MITCHELL, or STANDFIELD ancestors? Our member Clive Barnes gave a presentation to the Milton … Continue reading →

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Sheep and Wool in medieval Milton Abbas

Posted on August 11, 2024 by miltonabbashistorygroup

©Bryan Phillips Aug 2024 Take a look at our new page on this website devoted to sheep on the Milton Abbey monastery’s manors. This is part of our exploration of life as a peasant worker in Milton Abbas when wages … Continue reading →

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Will of Edward Damer, 1703

Posted on July 22, 2024 by miltonabbashistorygroup

©Bryan Phillips Jul 2024 Wills and inventories are a marvellous source of information for local and family historians. Our super transcriber Shirley Chick has just completed the will of Edward Damer 1703. This gives a wealth of information on the … Continue reading →

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Terry-Thomas

Posted on July 16, 2024 by miltonabbashistorygroup

©Bryan Phillips Jul 2024 At last! We can be fairly sure that Terry-Thomas did have a house in Milton Abbas. See our blog. So that is one mystery solved, at least partly, because we do not yet know which property … Continue reading →

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Drowning of William Ridout in Bournemouth

Posted on June 5, 2024 by miltonabbashistorygroup

©Bryan Phillips June 2024 The Ridout or Rideout family had been living in Milton Abbas for at least 150 years and occur frequently in our Records including prison admission, Overseers of the Poor, Settlement Examinations, when a young Willian Ridout … Continue reading →

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