Category Archives: local history

The Lives of Ordinary People

Posted on June 23, 2024 by miltonabbashistorygroup

©Bryan Phillips Jun 2024  A recent article by Ruth Goodman in Who Do You Think You are? July 2024 p20 asks why the educational curriculum for history is full of Hitler, Napoleon, and Britain’s kings and queens. Where are the … 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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D-Day and the 1939 Register

Posted on May 21, 2024 by miltonabbashistorygroup

©Bryan Phillips May 2024  With the 80th anniversary of D-Day the Milton Abbas Local History Group have the resources to track the people involved from Milton Abbas. We have Why not share your findings with us? Contact us.

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One Place Studies

Posted on May 8, 2024 by miltonabbashistorygroup

©Bryan Phillips May 2024 If you have an ancestor who came from Milton Abbas at any time in the past going as far back as 1317 then you are in luck! We have already done the research that you need … Continue reading →

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Lyscombe

Posted on April 12, 2024 by miltonabbashistorygroup

©Bryan Phillips Apr 2024 Another phase in the history of Lyscombe has just opened up – literally. 335 hectares of chalk downland has been purchased by, and will be managed for rewilding by Dorset Wildlife Trust. For details see their … Continue reading →

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The Sale of Hilton manor to Lord Milton 1784

Posted on April 7, 2024 by miltonabbashistorygroup

© Bryan Phillips Apr 2024 We have obtained some high resolution images of the deed of sale of the village of Hilton to Lord Milton. This was dated 15 May 1784, and there are twenty large pages of it. One … Continue reading →

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Country Life

Posted on March 28, 2024 by miltonabbashistorygroup

© Bryan Phillips Mar 2024 The Country Life archive is now available on British Newspaper Archives and Find my Past. A search for Milton Abbas reveals over 400 records and Milton Abbey 350. The individual pages of the articles are … Continue reading →

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Research Group

Posted on February 5, 2024 by miltonabbashistorygroup

Our Old Town Project research group have all the documents relevant to the period in Milton Abbas history when Joseph Damer, Lord Milton, Earl of Dorchester owned the parish and moved the town to its current location. All these documents … Continue reading →

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More finds from Milton Abbas

Posted on January 19, 2024 by miltonabbashistorygroup

Perhaps not as exciting as Charles Bullock’s find of the Milton Abbas Pendant, but telling us more about the history of Milton Abbas are some of Charles’ recent finds which he is reporting to the UK Detector Finds Database are … Continue reading →

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Overseers of the Poor Accounts

Posted on December 15, 2023 by miltonabbashistorygroup

Published OoP Accounts books are as rare as hen’s teeth. I remain astonished by this fact since not only are they a name rich source for family historians but they are also a prime example of showing the living and … Continue reading →

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