This website has over 100 pages of information and over 200 blogs on the history of Milton Abbas. USE THE SEARCH BOX which is on every page.

The Milton Abbas Local History Group have over 5700 records relevant to the history of Milton Abbas. Members can search our Records database.

Guide Book

This booklet by a local author Chris Fookes is an essential guide to Milton Abbas. It has a walk which describes the people and the buildings in the main street, together with maps of the present village and the old town which was destroyed in the 1770s by Joseph Damer, Lord Milton. There is plenty of history included.

Portrait of a Village

This pictorial profile of Milton Abbas, Milton Abbey and St Catherine’s Chapel captures the unique heritage of these historic treasures, stretching over 1,000 years – from the foundation of the Abbey by King Athelstan to the Dissolution of the Monasteries, to the purchase by John Tregonwell and the grand scheme of Joseph Damer, the destruction of the old town of Middleton, the creation of the new village of Milton Abbas, followed by the period of residence and restoration of Milton Abbey by the Hambro family, and ultimately the purchase by The Ecclesiastical Commissioners and the foundation of Milton Abbey school.

Hutchins History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset

The third edition was available for free as searchable PDF files at Family Search. Now only one page at a time is visible. However the first edition is available to download at archive.org