Category Archives: Tregonwell

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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Milton Abbey before its Dissolution

Posted on February 20, 2022 by miltonabbashistorygroup

James G Clark’s new magnum opus ‘The Dissolution of the Monasteries: A New History’, 2021, brings attention to the fact that during the reign of Henry VII 1485 – 1509 the nobility vigorously tried in many ways to interfere in … Continue reading →

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Nicholas Turbeville

Posted on January 22, 2022 by miltonabbashistorygroup

One of our members with Milton Abbas ancestors going back the 16th century has discovered that his family were connected to the Turbeville, Horsey, Tregonwell and other high status families. Peter Arnold writes about Nicholas Turbeville: “.. lived at Winterborne … Continue reading →

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