Poetry or autobiography? – The verses of a Victorian lady by Barry Jolly Mrs West of Newlands published a book of verse in 1855, entitled 'Frescoes and Sketches from Memory'. The ...
Hordle Cliff’s rock quintet by David Clark Five internationally important palaeontologists lived for parts of their lives in the parish of Milford and took inspiration from the geology of Hordle Cliff. ...
What’s in a deed – Some historic properties in Milford High Street by Ron Kirby Ron Kirby explores the title deeds of a property in Milford High Street and thereby reveals ...
Milford’s forgotten prime minister by Lynton Robins Sir Edgar Whitehead, Prime Minister of Southern Rhodesia from 1958-62, was born in Milford and is buried in All Saints churchyard. Lynton Robins provides ...
Everton Grange: the development of the estate, and its occupants by Claire Henderson Claire Henderson has lived at East Lodge, Everton Grange for the last seven years, and has now set ...
The Royal Garrison Church, Portsmouth and the Cornwallis Connection by John Bewley Mrs West of Newlands made two donations in kind to the Royal Garrison Church in Portsmouth in the 1860s ...
List of Members. Names and addresses are given for Committee, Members and Honorary Members, a total of 24
By Way of Introduction by W.Ravenscroft. The Hon. Secretary welcomes the aim of a Society "formed for the purposes of research and record in relation to matter of local interest, ...
Memorandum of Address by Dr. V. D. Harris. A transcript of the President's address to the Society's first open meeting on 19 April 1909. E. L. Agar had originally suggested ...
Notes on the Origin of "Milford", and the Domesday Records by W.Ravenscroft. The origin of the name Milford is simply "a Mill by a Ford". A mill existed at the ...
The Church, &c. by Arthur B. Woodd. The author gives a miscellany of facts and legend contributing to the history of All Saints Church in Milford. They concern ...
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 ...
