Milton Abbot is a village, parish, and former manor in Devon, 6 miles north-west of Tavistock, Devon, and 6 miles south-east of Launceston, Cornwall. The manor of Middeltone was donated at some time before the Norman Conquest of 1066 to Tavistock Abbey, as is recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086, and, together with most of the Abbey's other extensiv…
Milton Abbot is a village, parish, and former manor in Devon, 6 miles north-west of Tavistock, Devon, and 6 miles south-east of Launceston, Cornwall. The manor of Middeltone was donated at some time before the Norman Conquest of 1066 to Tavistock Abbey, as is recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086, and, together with most of the Abbey's other extensive possessions, was acquired following the Dissolution of the Monasteries by John Russell, 1st Earl of Bedford, of Chenies in Buckinghamshire and of Bedford House in Exeter, Devon, appointed Lord Lieutenant of Devon by King Henry VIII. In 1810 the manor was owned by his descendant John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford.
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