Milton, Vale of White Horse
Milton | |
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Abingdon | |
Postcode district | OX14 |
Dialling code | 01235 |
Police | Thames Valley |
Fire | Oxfordshire |
Ambulance | South Central |
UK Parliament | |
Website | Parish of Milton |
Milton is a village and
Toponymy
From the 10th to the 13th century the village's name was Middeltune. From the 13th to the 15th century it evolved as Middelton and Midelton, and from the 15th century to the 17th century it was Mylton.[2]
Archaeology
On land near Sutton Road, northeast of the village, is the site of an Anglo-Saxon cemetery. Archaeologists had investigated the western part of the cemetery by the early 1930s.[3] In 2014 what appeared to be the easternmost part of the cemetery was found and more than 40 human burials were excavated. Few grave goods were found, apart from two metal knives and another metal object too corroded to be identified.[4]
Manor
In 956 King
Milton Manor House is a yellow and red brick manor house built for the Calton family in the 17th century.[5] The actual date is unknown: in 1696 it was described as "newly built" but Sir Nikolaus Pevsner believed that it could not be much later than the 1660s.[6] The original building is of five bays[6] and three storeys and may have been designed by Inigo Jones.[2] In 1772 short two-storey wings designed by Stephen Wright[6] were added to the house for Bryant Barrett.[5] The house is a Grade I listed building.[7] There was also a dower house, where Admiral Benbow lived in the 1690s. Tsar Peter the Great of Russia is said to have stayed at Milton House around this time, probably in order to consult Benbow on shipbuilding. No trace of the dower house remains.[2] The manor house, gardens and park are open to the public between 2pm and 5pm on certain dates between Easter Day and 31 August each year.[8]
Churches
Church of England
The Church of England parish church is dedicated to Saint Blaise as he is the patron saint of the wool trade, which was a major part of Milton's medieval economy. The church seems to have been built in the 14th century[2] but only the porch, the lower part of the bell tower and part of the nave including the west window survive from this time.[2] The upper part of the tower was rebuilt in the 18th century[2] and the nave, chancel and four-bay north aisle were rebuilt by the Gothic Revival architect Henry Woodyer in 1849–51.[6] Under the chancel arch is the Barrett family vault, in which the Roman Catholic bishop Richard Challoner (1691–1781) was buried[2] until 1946 when his remains were translated to Westminster Cathedral. The church is a Grade II* listed building.[9]
The tower has a ring of eight bells, all cast by Whitechapel Bell Foundry in 2001.[10] Previously there was a ring of six, four of which were cast in 1682. At least three of the 1682 bells were cast by Richard Keene,[2] who had foundries at Woodstock, Oxfordshire and Royston, Hertfordshire.[11] Another of the bells had been cast in 1787 and the tenor was cast by Mears and Stainbank of the Whitechapel Bell Foundry in 1906.[2] When the new bells were hung in 2001, five of the old bells were sold to St Michael and All Angels' parish church, Hackthorn, Lincolnshire.[12] One of Richard Keene's 1682 bells has been retained at St Blaise but is not used.[10]
Methodist
By 1924 Milton had a
Economic and social history
Two
In 1841 the
Amenities
Milton has one
Sport and leisure
Milton has a
References
- Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Page & Ditchfield 1924, pp. 361–365.
- ^ Peake 1931, pp. 134, 212, cited in Coddington, Oram & Lisk 2015, p. 215.
- ^ Coddington, Oram & Lisk 2015, p. 215.
- ^ a b c "The History of Milton Manor House". Milton Manor House. 2013.
- ^ a b c d Pevsner 1966, p. 178.
- ^ Historic England. "Milton Manor Cottage and Milton Manor House (Grade I) (1048220)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
- ^ "Visiting Milton Manor House". Milton Manor House. 2013.
- ^ Historic England. "Church of St Blaise (Grade II*) (1368648)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
- ^ a b Turner, Colin (5 March 2009). "Milton S Blaise". Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers. Central Council of Church Bell Ringers. Retrieved 2 April 2010.
- ^ Dovemaster (31 October 2012). "Bellfounders". Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers. Central Council of Church Bell Ringers. Retrieved 2 April 2010.
- ^ "About our Church". St Blaise Parish Church, Milton, Abingdon. Archived from the original on 5 March 2012.
- ^ "Milton Methodist Church". Wantage & Abingdon Methodist Circuit. Archived from the original on 22 January 2016. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
- ^ Historic England. "42A and 42B, High Street (Grade II*) (1300905)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
- ^ "Milton Hill House". Venues. DeVere. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
- ^ "Accident at Milton on 20 November 1955". The Railways Archive.
- ^ Milton Park Oxfordshire
- ^ The Plum Pudding
Sources
- Coddington, Hugh; Oram, Richard; Lisk, Susan (2015). "Land off Sutton Road, Milton". Oxoniensia. LXXX. Oxford: ISSN 0308-5562.
- Page, W.H.; Ditchfield, P.H., eds. (1924). A History of the County of Berkshire. Victoria County History. Vol. 4. assisted by John Hautenville Cope. London: The St Katherine Press. pp. 361–365.
- Peake, HJE (1931). The Archaeology of Berkshire. The County Archaeologies. London: Methuen & Co. pp. 134, 212.
- Pevsner, Nikolaus (1966). Berkshire. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. pp. 178–179.