MILTON, (Dorset) or MIDDLETON, S. W. of Blandford, near the road to Dorchester, 92 cm. 110 mm. from London, is chiefly
noted for its abbey, built by K. Athelstan, of which great part is, or was lately, standing. At the Diss. K. Hen. VIII.
gave the site and rich demesne of it to John Trigonwell, his proctor in suing out his divorce from Q. Catherine. His
posterity continued here for about 160 years, after which it came to the Lutterels, and was lately the manor and seat of
Sir Jacob Banks, and now of John Strachan, Esq;. Here is a Mt. on M. and a Fair on Tu, after St. James's-day,