Transcript of a Summary of Acts of Parliament relating to Beggars by Dr. V. D. Harris. The Church Chest contained two papers dated 1678, here transcribed. The first, on the ...
Smuggling by John C. N. King. A boyhood recollection from 1848-49 of seeing a group of six prisoners detained at Hurst Castle for smuggling brandy. The author learned from his ...
The Mummers at Milford - fifty years ago by C. Rivett-Carnac. The ancient mummers' play in masks and costume had largely died out by the 19th century but not in ...
The Milford Secession from the Church of England, A.D. 1815-16 by W. Ravenscroft. During 1808-23 the non-resident Vicar of Milford was Dr. George Thompson. He appointed a very young man, ...
Preface. The Society is indebted to the three authors for this compendium, which will interest both inhabitants and visitors.
Birds of Milford by Rev. J. E. Kelsall & R. E. Coles. The small village of Milford of the 1880s with its open fields has been transformed by building and ...
Butterflies and Moths of Milford by Rev. A. R. D. Patterson. Milford and its neighbourhood have a great variety of scenery conducive to insect life so that the entomologist's study ...
Colonel Peter Hawker and his connection with Keyhaven by Dr. V. D. Harris. Biography of this talented but evidently forthright man who lived 1786-1853 and was a frequent visitor to ...
Notes on Colonel Peter Hawker and his Family by Colonel Creighton. Genealogical details are given.
Notes from Mr. Birkett's Diaries by Rev. W. S. Sykes. John Birkett was Vicar of Milford 1679-1722. The article transcribes with explanatory notes (1) Birkett's inventory of personal belongings in ...
Notes in regard to the associations of Dame Alice Lisle with Pennington by A. B. Woodd. The inheritance of the Manors of Pennington and Ellingham between 1428 and 1824 is ...
Notes on the connection of Dame Alicia Lisle with the Parishes of Milford and Dibden in the New Forest by Charles Rivett-Carnac. The interrelated sections cover: (1) Doubt whether the ...
The threatened Invasion by the French in 1794-8 by Rev. W. S. Sykes. A Government defence fund was established when Napoleon threatened invasion. The list of voluntary subscribers for Milford ...
Keyhaven by A. C. G. Heygate. Keyhaven's history is comprehensively studied, starting with its topography. From the end of the 12th century until the Dissolution a manor of Kyhavene was ...
A List of the Principal Inhabitants of Milford A.D. 1680-90 by Rev. W. S. Sykes. The title continues with the words "
taken from the Tithe Account of the Rev. ...
Henry Doman and his Poems by W. Ravenscroft. A sympathetic biography is presented of Henry Doman (1823-1900), who set up as a printer and publisher in Lymington in 1851. Though ...
Musical Gleanings from the Churchwardens' Books by C. F. Abdy Williams. With engagingly gentle humour the author finds in the Milford Churchwardens' Account books what part music has played in ...
The Reference to Milford Church in Domesday Book by Rev. W. S. Sykes. The Victoria County History of Hampshire had asserted that, although there may have been a church in ...
Silk Production at Milford by Agatha Harris. Mrs. Whitby of Newlands demonstrated that it was possible in England to cultivate silkworms and make silk production a commercial proposition. She believed ...
Milford and the War by E. L. Agar. Written in December 1917, the article is an inspiring detailed record of Milford's patriotic response to the First World War. A Recruiting ...
Earthwork of the New Forest by R. P. L. Booker. Excavating and studying earthworks recovers the artefacts by which the social history of a locality is reconstructed. Archaeology became more ...
Hurst Castle by A. C. G. Heygate. The comprehensive review begins by considering the geological formation of Hurst Spit, its erosion and movement. Maps made before the 19th century surveys ...
Recollections of Milford by A. Cole. Daily life in Milford as an agricultural community in the 1860s and early 1870s is evoked in a highly entertaining manner. The author's schoolboy ...
Place Names of the ancient Parish of Milford by Rev. W. S. Sykes. An alphabetical survey is made of possible derivations of place names and the historical evidence for their ...