The Village by Arthur B. Woodd. The paper begins with a list of holders of the manors of Milford and surrounding areas in 1666 and some for 1790. It continues ...
Old Postal Arrangements by Lt.Col. Fitzmaurice Creighton. From 1831 for about 50 years residents of Everton, Milford and Keyhaven could pay a Mr. Preston to deliver their mail from Lymington. ...
Beating the Bounds of Milford by Rev. H. E. U. Bull. "Beating the bounds" was the custom of defining the boundaries of a parish by a procession walking round it ...
By Way of Preface. A whole issue devoted to wild flowers and seaweeds will interest both residents and visitors.
Some of the Wild Flowers of Milford by Miss Hylda Bruce. Milford is fortunate in its great variety of wild flowers, some of which are quite rare. The author gives ...
List of Wild Flowering Plants found in Milford Parish by Miss Hylda Bruce. For the specialist, Miss Bruce tabulates 406 species of wild flower that have been found in Milford, ...
Notes on the Botany of Milford by Rev. A. H. Melvill. Some of the rarer wild plants found growing in Milford and neighbourhood.
A Catalogue of the Marine Algæ or Seaweeds, collected at Milford-on-Sea and Hordle by Dr. James Cosmo Melvill. The author found the specimens here catalogued between 1895 and 1909 but ...
The Prisoner of Hurst by W. Ravenscroft. The increasingly severe persecution of Roman Catholics in Britain from 1570 culminated in a draconian Act of Parliament in 1700. Almost the last ...
The Endowed Charities of the Parish of Milford, Hampshire by Dr. V. D. Harris. In 1906 five endowments for the relief of the poor were amalgamated into The United Charities ...
The Needles Rocks, Lighthouse, &c., Isle of Wight by Edward Larpent Agar. "The Needles" as a name for the group of chalk rocks visible from Milford probably arose from one ...
A Note on Anthony Batts and his Poems by Dr. V. D. Harris. Born of a well-known Milford family, Anthony Batts had succeeded his brother George as village schoolmaster by ...
Notes on the "Septaria" of the Hordle and Barton District by Arthur B. Woodd. Nodules called septaria, in which cracks in the limestone are filled with other minerals, occur in ...
Acknowledgment. The issue is given over completely to major documentation of Milford Parish Church. The Society expresses its thanks to the Vicar [Mark C. H. Collet] and Churchwardens for access ...
Foreword by Dr. V. D. Harris. The bulk of this history was written by W. Ravenscroft [who is indexed as author accordingly; the two other contributors are noted below].
The Parish Church of All Saints, Milford-on-Sea, Hants.: Introduction. The inspiring heritage of ancient parish churches repays close study of their fabric and research among surviving records. [The 14 inserted ...
Chapter I: The Early History of Milford Church. Christchurch Priory probably had its origins as far back as Athelstan in the 10th century. By the time of Edward the Confessor ...
Chapter II: Some Details of Note. The Chapter gives further detail of particular architectural features indicative of the medieval Church. Study of pillars, windows, carved stonework and bosses can assign ...
Chapter III: The Development of the Church after Mediæval Times. After the mid-15th century the next development was probably the construction of new ceilings and roofs in the 17th century. ...
Chapter IV: The Bells, Church Furniture, &c. Useful information can be drawn from the Churchwardens' Accounts and an Inventory of Church goods made in 1553 [this provided by A. B. ...
Chapter V: The Clergy of Milford, Church Registers, Churchwardens' Accounts, and Monuments. The Chapter contains four sections. A list of all the Vicars of Milford from the first in 1339 ...
Lines on Milford Church. A short poem by W. Ravenscroft celebrates 1000 years of worship.
Index. The whole issue receives a welcome index of 6 double-columned pages combining names and subjects.
Notes on Salterns by Arthur B. Woodd. Salt had been manufactured from sea water at Lymington since the earliest times but it succumbed to competition, the last saltern closing in ...