Milton, Dorset
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The former town of Milton in Dorset, England was cleared by the local landowner, Joseph Damer, Lord Milton, in the 1770s. This was a result of a fashion amongst English landowners to improve the ameni
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Milton Abbas
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Milton Abbas is a village and civil parish in Dorset, England, lying around 5 miles southwest of Blandford Forum. In the 2021 census the civil parish had a population of 729.
Milton, Dorset
…inns. Nonetheless, having persuaded, by what means is not always clear, the inhabitants to vacate (many were rehoused at the nearby new settlement of Milton Abbas), Damer had the entire town demolished. This was substantially complete by 1776. A remaining tenant, William Harrison, successfully resisted the clearance…
Milton Abbas
Abbey Church of St Mary, St Sansom and St Bradwalader