Fernhill Gallery
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The Fort in Moat Lane
If you look at some of the old maps of our parish, you might have noticed just to the south of Milton village green a feature marked as a fort. This is shown here on this 1890 Ordnance Survey map. This is quite intriguing especially when it is situated so close to Milton Manor Farm. …
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Education in Milton Parish
There have been an amazing number of schools and colleges in Milton parish area over the years. In the 1820’s and 1830’s there were five day schools operating out of cottages near to the church. The first purpose built school in our town was the National School for infants and juniors seen here in the…
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Local Names
What’s in a name? Have you ever wondered where some of our town or village names originated from? The majority of the towns and villages local to us have their name or part of it originating from old English or Anglo Saxon language. This is roughly from the time period 400 AD to 1066. The…
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Local Literary Connections
There is a rich literary history in our local area, with many links to famous authors and poets. Here are just a few of them. Buried in St Mary Magdalene cemetery in New Milton is Elizabeth de Beauchamp Goudge who lived from 1900 to 1984. She was better known as Elizabeth Goudge who was a…
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Heritage Walks
Tour guide of History of New Milton Two local walks have been designed to allow you to explore the Heritage of New Milton and surrounding areas. The first walk covers the areas around Station Road. This walk starts and ends at the Water Tower car park. It will take you to the north end of…
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Events Page
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Smuggling
“Five and twenty ponies, Trotting through the dark – Brandy for the Parson, ‘Baccy for the Clerk. Laces for a lady; letters for a spy, Watch the wall my darling while the Gentlemen go by!”Rudyard Kipling. Smuggling was for many years commonplace along our local Hampshire coastline, through into Dorset and inland in New Forest….
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Milton in the Wars
Milton Parish was heavily involved in both world wars. In the first World War many Miltonians joined the armed forces and served King and Empire. At Barton on Sea the Empire visited Milton with the arrival of Indian soldiers at a cliff top convalescent home. After the Indians left the home continued to treat British…
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Barton on Sea – Maps
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Bashley – Maps
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Ashley – Gallery
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Ashley – Maps
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Barton on Sea – Gallery
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Indian Army – Gallery
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Hotels in Barton on Sea
There have been hotels in Barton on sea since the early 1900s as tourism started to flourish and the area became known for the Solent shore, golf, and easy access to the New Forest. One of the earliest hotels was the Barton Court Hotel which was a converted private house. Originally the Barton Court Estate…
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Cliff Top and Beach
Along Barton Cliffs The cliffs at Barton on Sea have a long and interesting history. Originally part of the north shore of the Solent River our cliffs have an international reputation for the fossils found in them. Indeed, Barton has given its name to a particular geological timescale, which is internationally recognised: namely the Bartonian era,…
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Golfing in Barton on Sea
Golf has been a feature of life in Barton for nearly 120 years. It was first played in 1897 on the cliff top east of the Barton Court Hotel. The course was nine holes and was owned by the hotel. Although the course was for the use of the guests, non residents were allowed to…
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Ashley – An Overview
It is not easy to imagine, but humans were living in the Ashley area thousands of years ago. In the last century, three stone-age hand axes from the Palaeolithic era were found in Ashley gravel pits. The axe pictured below is on display at the Red House Museum in Christchurch. The earliest documented mention of…
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Bashley
Bashley Village The village of Bashley has a long and interesting history of settlement and farming. The name Bashley derives from Old English. It was originally ‘Baylokesleya’ or ‘Bageslucesleia’ which is understood to mean Bagloc’s woodland clearing. Near the Rising Sun Inn, there is a New Forest boundary marker made of Sarcen stone. Sarcen stone…
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A Brief history of Barton-on-Sea
Barton-on-Sea has a great deal of history. It is probable that early man has hunted and fished here for thousands of years, as what we now think of as the cliffs and beaches, in an earlier age, formed the north bank of the ‘Solent River’. Consequently for many years it has been possible to find…
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New Milton
A Brief History of New Milton In the 1880’s the London and South Western Railway extended their line from Southampton to connect to the Victorian seaside resorts of Bournemouth and Weymouth. 1886 saw the building of the railway station in its current location. The railway actually commenced operations in 1888 as there were delays caused…
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Milton Village
The village of Milton was originally a small cluster of buildings adjacent to the church of St Mary Magdalene. There was a post office on what is now the site of “The Wheatsheaf” car park. The Post office was the only one in the district and served in that location for 90 years. It was…
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The Milton Society
The Society is actively involved in collecting photographs, maps, postcards & other vintage documents that tell the story of Milton Parish in the southwestern corner of Hampshire. Some of these items are on display in the New Milton Memorial Centre and via the dedicated website. The MHS puts on five talks a year in a…
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