Category Archives: Medieval history

Discovering Elston – talk by Anne Brown

Posted on June 6, 2025 by miltonabbashistorygroup

YOU HAVE MISSED THIS TALK! ©Bryan Phillips Jul 2025 We are hoping to persuade Anne Brown to repeat her talk to the Milton Abbas Local History Group next season – watch this space. It was superb. Over 100 people were lucky … Continue reading →

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Markets and Fairs

Posted on November 17, 2024 by miltonabbashistorygroup

©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 →

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Winchester College Archives – new findings

Posted on October 14, 2024 by miltonabbashistorygroup

©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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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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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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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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Milton Abbas Pendant

Posted on February 13, 2024 by miltonabbashistorygroup

Is now available to view at the Dorset Museum. This unique Anglo-Saxon pendant was found in Milton Abbas by one of the members of the Milton Abbas Local History Group, Charles Bullock, who reported to the Portable Antiquities Scheme where … 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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