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World War 1 Exhibition
Exhibitions will be in Reading Rooms and St James Church, Milton Abbas, 5 to 7 Oct 2018. Refreshments will be available. Click here for latest news.
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Click here to see a list of all the Milton Abbas men who fought in WWI. Is your ancestor on the list? If so, we would love to hear from you. Do you have any photographs, stories or artefacts to share with us.
Tag Archives: Lord Milton
Location, location, location
In order to locate the key points on the Woodward 1770 survey and map, the Milton Abbas Local History Group have purchased a hand held sat nav – We can now find on the ground, on the site of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Joseph Damer, landscape, Lord Milton, Milton Abbey, tracks
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Land Tax Assessments
We now have a good run of Land Tax records for the years 1780 – 1832, and we are beginning to transcribe them. They show the “proprietors” and “occupiers” of each property. There were 25 names in 1780, 20 in … Continue reading
Posted in history, Milton Abbas, Overseers of the Poor, records
Tagged Dorset, family history, Joseph Damer, local history, Lord Milton
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Lord Milton’s Ad quod Damnum 1763
This is a small part of this document which is the first in Quarter Sessions Order Book in the Dorset History Centre to show Lord Milton closing some of the roads. Some of the places named are well known to … Continue reading
Posted in Capability Brown, family history, history, local history, Milton Abbas, Milton Abbey
Tagged Joseph Damer, Lord Milton
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Stopford Sackville Family
This is a real long-shot: in an article by Alan J Miller in Dorset Life, Apr 2003 “Heartless Landlord and Devoted Husband”, there is an image of a young Joseph Damer, by permission of LG Stopford Sackville. I understand that … Continue reading
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The Liberty and Manor of Milton Abbas
An original document in Dorset History Centre was brought to our attention by Debbie Winter. Catalogue reference D-1168/1. This is the only manorial court record which is in existence, and is of great interest. This one was held 13 May … Continue reading
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Tagged local history, Lord Milton, Milton Abbas, Milton Abbey
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Exhibition 16 – 17 Sep 2017
Phew! Well we met so many people. Over 100 visitors came along. Thank you to all those who were stewards, those who supplied the cakes, and especially those visitors who came along and shared their family history research with us. … Continue reading
Milton Abbas Street Fair 2017
Despite the dreadful weather plenty of people turned out, and many took an interest in our history group stand. Thanks to the great British public. All the volunteers on our stand were in 18th century costume, which added to the … Continue reading
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Tagged Dorset, family history, local history, Lord Milton, Milton Abbas
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Fanny Burney on Milton Abbey
Fanny Burney on Milton Abbey Frances Burney – Madam D’Arblay visited Milton Abbey and Milton Abbas in 1791. She was not too impressed by Lord Milton’s new “town”. This is one of the very few contemporary comments. It is a … Continue reading
The Tale of Milton Abbas, Richeldis Wansbrough
Now here’s a useful little book. It is still available if you know where to look. The references aren’t very good and some of the information may be hearsay.
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Promotion Leaflet
The Milton Abbas Local History Group promotion leaflet is now available in our local area. It will be available at our exhibit at the Street Fair.
Posted in archaeology, Dorset, family history, history, landscape, local, local history, Milton Abbas, Milton Abbey
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