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Upcoming NFNP Diary Dates
Dear MHS Members I would particularly like to draw your attention to free trip to the National Archives at Kew on 23rd of January 2018. The coach departs from the main car park in Lyndhurst at 08.00. This is a fantastic opportunity to research your family, or Milton Parish history. Click on the link below…
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Markets and Shops
Markets, Fairs and Shops It is hardly necessary to remark that selling and buying of produce and goods dates back to the beginning of civilization. However it is both instructive and entertaining to see how these methods of trading were managed in our historic past. English towns grew largely as centres for trading and commercial…
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Architectural Curiosity: Lymington’s Wavy-Walls
A walk down Church Lane in Lymington reveals a fine brick wavy wall on the right hand side while, on the opposite side, a little further down is another which is rather less sophisticated but still impressive. It is worth remarking that that they were built about 150 years apart. Such walls are relatively unusual…
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Roads and communications
Introduction In the practical everyday world few things have affected us more individually or as communities than roads. They are so integral to life that in general we only notice when they interrupt our journeys through flooding or some other problem. People quite recently were upset and angry about the closure of the B3055 at…
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History of Lymington
Origins and early history Lymington first appears in recorded history in an entry in Domesday Book, William the Conqueror’s great national survey. The record was set down on parchment in 1086 and states that a tiny agricultural settlement existed, location not clearly identified, on a site later known, through a variety of spellings as Lymington….
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St Barbe Museum – Explore the Archive Week
Dear MHS Member Please see the attached advert from the St Barbe Museum, offering free guided tours of the archives following their refurbishment. The invitation runs from Monday 13th to Friday 17th of November from 11.00 to 1.00 pm. Entry to the archives is free. This is an excellent opportunity to see what material relevant…
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Hurst Spit and Castle notes from a lecture and tour – September 1969
(From the Burrard Papers) Notes base on a lecture in September 1969 It should be noted that when this paper was first written it represented the latest research on this topic. Since then further information and other publications and databases have come to light. If you intend to use this paper, or wish to quote…
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History of Lymington Hospital – February 1967
(From the Burrard Papers) Published Feb 1967 It should be noted that when this paper was first written it represented the latest research on this topic. Since then further information and other publications and databases have come to light. If you intend to use this paper or wish to quote from it for academic purposes,…
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Brockenhurst Grammar School – 1965
(From the Burrard Papers) Published in 1965 It should be noted that when this paper was first written it represented the latest research on this topic. Since then further information and other publications and databases have come to light. If you intend to use this paper, or wish to quote from it for academic purposes…
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Boldre Church – September 1963
(From the Burrard Papers) Presented to the Society on September 27th 1963 It should be noted that when this paper was first written it represented the latest research on this topic. Since then further information and other publications and databases have come to light. If you intend to use this paper, or wish to quote…
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An 18th Centuary post bag – 1961
(From the Burrard Papers) Presented to the Society in 1961 It should be noted that when this paper was first written it represented the latest research on this topic. Since then further information and other publications and databases have come to light. If you intend to use this paper, or wish to quote from it…
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Admiralty Courts 1199 to 1835 – February 1965
(From the Burrard Papers) Presented to the Society on February 19th 1965 It should be noted that when this paper was first written it represented the latest research on this topic. Since then further information and other publications and databases have come to light. If you intend to use this paper, or wish to quote…
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150th Anniversary Year of the Friends of the New Forest
On November 13th the final event of the 150th Anniversary Year of the Friends of the New Forest will be held, and we should like to invite you and your members to come. Please share this invitation with your members. Very kindly, Lord Montagu will be hosting us in the John Montagu Theatre at Beaulieu…
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The Royal Green Jackets (Rifles) Museum Talk
Dear MHS member The below talk may be of interest to some of you. It is on the Battle of Cambrai which took place 100 years ago in November 1917. This was the first mass use of tanks. The British made a spectacular breakthrough of the German Hindenburg line but lost a lot of the…
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Local government: how did it come about?
Lymington Borough Seal 1686 Practically every week the A&T carries a report on some meeting or protest regarding our local councils and their deliberations. Whether you skip them or read them avidly probably depends mainly on your personal concerns or interests but regardless of your personal inclinations I think you will acknowledge the importance of…
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Health Care Before the NHS
The story of health care in our area is really quite fascinating highlighting so many aspects of the lives of our ancestors remote and recent. Back in the middle ages the care of the sick, infirm and injured became primarily the duty and responsibility of the church. Infirmaries and hospices were established in all towns,…
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Graveyards
On a fine early summer evening in about 1750 the eminent poet Thomas Gray (1716-71) sat quietly in the churchyard of Stoke Poges church in Buckinghamshire and considered the rural scene before him as he composed one of the finest poems in our language. Inspired as he was by contemplating the graveyard before him and…
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New Forest Knowledge Conference 2017
Dear MHS Member Please see the below invitation to take part in a local history conference at Lyndhurst on 27th and 28th of October. It looks like it could be a great opportunity for networking with other heritage societies as well as learning what other groups are doing and what shared resources are available to…
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Henry Tandey VC – New Forest
Dear MHS member I would like to bring to your attention the attached flyer for a play that is going to be performed at the Forest Arts Centre on October 27th. Henry Tandy VC was one of the most highly decorated soldiers in WW1. He fought through the entirety of the war. Much to his…
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Mediaeval place names of the borough area – February 1954
(From the Burrard Papers)Presented to the Society on February 24th 1956 It should be noted that when this paper was first written it represented the latest research on this topic. Since then further information and other publications and databases have come to light. If you intend to use this paper, or wish to quote from…
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Old days in Milford – October 1956
(From the Burrard Papers)Presented to the Society on October 26th 1956 It should be noted that when this paper was first written it represented the latest research on this topic. Since then further information and other publications and databases have come to light. If you intend to use this paper, or wish to quote from…
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Lymington’s history from sources in London – September 1962
(From the Burrard Papers)Presented to the Society in September 1962 It should be noted that when this paper was first written it represented the latest research on this topic. Since then further information and other publications and databases have come to light. If you intend to use this paper, or wish to quote from it…
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Lymington Vs The Tollbridge 1738 – February 1958
(From the Burrard Papers)Presented to the Society on February 14th 1958 It should be noted that when this paper was first written it represented the latest research on this topic. Since then further information and other publications and databases have come to light. If you intend to use this paper or wish to quote from…
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Lymington Records from the Vestry books – February 1955
(From the Burrard Papers)Presented to the Society on February 25th 1955 It should be noted that when this paper was first written it represented the latest research on this topic. Since then further information and other publications and databases have come to light. If you intend to use this paperor wish to quote from it…
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Lymington Parish Church – March 1954
(From the Burrard Papers)Presented to the Society on March 26th 1954 It should be noted that when this paper was first written it represented the latest research on this topic. Since then further information and other publications and databases have come to light. If you intend to use this paper, or wish to quote from…
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Local place names their interest and meaning – March 1959
(From the Burrard Papers) Presented to the Society on 6th March 1959 It should be noted that when this paper was first written it represented the latest research on this topic. Since then further information and other publications and databases have come to light. If you intend to use this paperor wish to quote from…
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Interesting facts disclosed in record society talk – 1964
(From the Burrard Papers) Presented to the Society in 1964 It should be noted that when this paper was first written it represented the latest research on this topic. Since then further information and other publications and databases have come to light. If you intend to use this paper, or wish to quote from it…
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Lymington Corporation in the 19th Century – April 1959
(From the Burrard Papers)Presented to the Society on April 6th 1959 It should be noted that when this paper was first written it represented the latest research on this topic. Since then further information and other publications and databases have come to light. If you intend to use this paper, or wish to quote from…
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Gossip about Boldre – January 1955
(From the Burrard Papers) Presented to the Society on January 7th 1955 It should be noted that when this paper was first written it represented the latest research on this topic. Since then further information and other publications and databases have come to light. If you intend to use this paper, or wish to quote…
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October Meeting
Dear MHS Member Just a short reminder that on Friday 13th of October we have another history talk. The subject this month is General Sir Henry Clinton. The talk will be given by Stephen Petty, formerly head of history at Durlston Court School. Sir Henry Clinton was an enigmatic army officer who lived at Ashley…
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Family affairs in Queen Annes reign – November 1955
(From the Burrard Papers) Presented to the Society on November 25th 1955 It should be noted that when this paper was first written it represented the latest research on this topic. Since then further information and other publications and databases have come to light. If you intend to use this paper, or wish to quote…
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Inaugural Meeting – 29/09/17
Hello All Just to remind you that our inaugural meeting takes place on Friday 29th of September 2017 at 7.00 pm in the War Memorial Centre. A brief history of Milton Parish will be given by Nick Saunders, Chairman of the Milton Heritage Society. This talk will give an overview of the history of Old…
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Be Involved – 16th September 2017
Dear Member, I am very happy to announce to the Milton Heritage Society Membership that Martin Axton has agreed to join our committee as the heritage research coordinator. Martin was born in New Milton and lived all his formative years in the New Milton Parish. His parents moved to Sea Road Barton on Sea in…
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Be Involved Program
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Pennington
According to the Vision of Britain website, the name Pennington was first recorded in 1272, its hypothetical derivation being from the Old or Middle English ‘Peni(n)gtun’ = ‘penny farm’, ie a farm on which a penny geld[1] was payable. Until 1839, Pennington was ecclesiastically part of the parish of Milford. The boundary between Lymington and Milford followed…
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Our Top Twenty Books on Lymington
The following ‘Top Twenty Books on Lymington’ is the personal choice of Ray Mayes – a member of the Society. 1. Old Times revisited in the Parish and Borough of Lymington By Edward KingPublished: 1879 2nd Edition reprinted 1976 The original standard work on the history of Lymington dating from 1879; provides the source material…
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The Lymington to Brockenhurst Railway
It was in the year 1844 that the Borough Council first discussed the possibility of a rail line linking Lymington to London. Charles Castleman, the principal director of the Southampton to Dorchester line which was linked to Brockenhurst, approved the idea. However no firm decision was made. The idea lapsed and it was not until…
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National Archives in Kew
This opportunity are been brought to MHS members through our societies links with the New Forest National Parks community archaeology department. On the 12th of September the New Forest community archaeology department are offering a free coach trip to the National Archives in Kew. The coach leaves the main car park in Lyndhurst at 07.45….
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New Forest Knowledge Conference
This opportunity is brought to MHS members through our societies links with the New Forest National Parks community archaeology department. The New Forest community archaeology department are hosting a New Forest Knowledge conference on 27th and 28th of October 2017. The venue will be the community centre in Lyndhurst. The tickets are £20 for a…
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2017 – 2018 Milton Heritage Society talks
Friday 29th September 2017. A brief history of Milton Parish given by Nick Saunders, Chairman of the Milton Heritage Society. This talk will give an overview of the history of Old Milton, New Milton, Barton on Sea, Ashley and Bashley. The talk will be illustrated with maps and images contrasting how our town looked in…
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Research Grants
GRANTS FOR LOCAL HISTORY RESEARCH The Lymington and District Historical Society (hereafter the Society) is keen to encourage further research and investigations into local and regional history in the Lymington and south-west Hampshire areas. In pursuit of this aim the Society is prepared to offer a cash grant up to a maximum of £500 to…
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Research Methods
Start your Lymington & Milton history research here! Discover key archives, libraries, and online resources. Explore our published papers & find assistance with your research projects.
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Exhibition Launch Success
On 10th of June 2017 The Milton Heritage Society was formally launched. Well over one hundred visitors came to see the new exhibition which told the historical story of Milton Parish. Over fifty people signed up to join the MHS and are looking forward to a series of monthly lectures which are scheduled to start…
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Information on Aerial photos
One of the joys of reviewing and researching aerial photographs of our community is that there is usually quite of lot of area covered in each image and usually in quite good detail. Your eye is drawn into the image and you start to make out quite a lot of details. This image is not…
