FIRST MODEL VILLAGE
FOR SALE IN ENGLAND England’s first model village is for sale. Its name is Milton Abbas, it is in Dorset, and it was built by a man who wanted privacy—for himself and others.
When the first Earl of Dorchester went to live at Milton Abbey in 1787 he objected to the village being clustered round his new home.
So he pulled it down and rebuilt it a mile beyond the Abbey woods. He <avc c-ach cottage a big garden and a tree to mark it from its neighbour.
Now the whole village is to be offered for sale at Bournemouth. If no me wants it, it will be divided up into plots and sold separately.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20079, 27 October 1939, Page 12
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118FIRST MODEL VILLAGE Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20079, 27 October 1939, Page 12
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