The JR James Archive, University of Sheffield
Church gate and view of almshouses, Milton Abbas, Dorset
Milton Abbas is sometimes considered the first planned settlement in England. In 1780, Joseph Damer, Lord Milton, the first Earl of Dorchester and owner of Milton Abbey, decided that he was being disturbed by the market town of Middleton and its residents living close to him in the Abbey. He commissioned architect Sir William Chambers and landscape gardener Capability Brown to design a new village, Milton Abbas, in a wooded valley nearby. Many of the existing villagers were relocated here, and the previous village was demolished.
This slide was used in a lecture given by Professor JR James at the Department of Town and Regional Planning at The University of Sheffield between 1967 and 1978.
Church gate and view of almshouses, Milton Abbas, Dorset
Milton Abbas is sometimes considered the first planned settlement in England. In 1780, Joseph Damer, Lord Milton, the first Earl of Dorchester and owner of Milton Abbey, decided that he was being disturbed by the market town of Middleton and its residents living close to him in the Abbey. He commissioned architect Sir William Chambers and landscape gardener Capability Brown to design a new village, Milton Abbas, in a wooded valley nearby. Many of the existing villagers were relocated here, and the previous village was demolished.
This slide was used in a lecture given by Professor JR James at the Department of Town and Regional Planning at The University of Sheffield between 1967 and 1978.