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Milton Parish, just South of the New Forest boundary, is made up
of many separate manors. Bashley was mentioned in 1053, and again in
the Domesday Survey as being under Priory ownership. Domesday also
mentioned Milton, Barton, Wootton, Fernhill and Ashley.
About 150 mediaeval deeds have survived, as well as Court Rolls,
for the areas granted in his will by J. Fromond (died 1420) to
Winchester College.
The church, North of the green, first mentioned in 1170 as linked
with the Priory, now has associated chapels at Bashley and Ashley.
The church register was started in 1654. There are also chapels
founded in the nineteenth century by the Baptist movement, which was
very strong at that time. Places of worship of other denominations
are to be found in both
Milton and
Barton.
Barton's fossil beds are known worldwide, and at least 100
palaeolithic flints, some Bronze Age urns and various Celtic coins
have been found in the parish.
The buildings of the National School (1835) were replaced by
first world war huts before new Infant and Junior Schools were built
north-east of the original site.
The coming of the railway in 1888 meant that the business centre
moved to the Station Road area, and the consequent expansion of the
town gave rise to the title "New
Milton" by 1904.
From 1926 to 1932 the Parish was administered by its own Urban
District Council. It was then absorbed into the Lymington Municipal
Borough until 1974, when Local Government Reorganisation brought it
under the jurisdiction of the New Forest District Council. From 1979
the Parish has incorporated the former Parishes of Barton, Bashley
and Becton.
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