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Category Archives: Milton Abbas
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
Posted in family history, house history, local history, Milton Abbas, occupations, transcription
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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
Posted in Capability Brown, local history, Milton Abbas
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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
Posted in Damer, local history, Milton Abbas, Milton Abbey, Old Town of Milton Abbas, records
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WW1 Research
©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
Posted in Hambro, local history, Milton Abbas, WWI
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New Season – we’re ready!
©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
Posted in document, Dorset, history, local history, Medieval history, Milton Abbas
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More Mysteries – can you help?
©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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The Hawkins family of Milton Abbas
©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
Terry-Thomas
©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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Milton Abbas Local History Group, Dorset, UK 