Other current and historical names
Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Milton Abbas within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.
Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew
Milton Abbas, par., eccl. dist., and vil., Dorset - par., 1392 ac., pop. 873; eccl. dist. (comprising parts of Chesilborne and Owermoigne pars.), pop. 956; vil., 6 miles SW. of Blandford; P.O., T.O.; Milton Abbey (1771), seat of Baron Hambro, succeeded an old monastic institution founded (10th century) by King Athelstan, and includes the refectory (1498) of the old abbey; the abbey church, now used as a private chapel, dates from the reign of Edward II.