The history of Milden Parish or, as it was known back in Domesday, Mellinga, is very much a potted history of lengthy research carried out and put together by Christopher & Juliet Hawkins.  It may throw up names and areas for future research by members of the village. The history timeline summary aims to draw out the key owners of the parish and their relevance of features of relevance today such as names of roads and monuments in Milden church, but also to show how man has been living or hunting and gathering in this Parish of Milden since prehistoric times and they have shaped what we see today.

The history section is divided into the following:

Pre-history to Romans AD43.  This is a time before the written word when artefacts. 

Milden Castle.  This short-lived castle was built around 1150 and razed to the ground not long after.  All that remains is the Scheduled Ancient Monument earthworks under wildflower meadow today.. 

Domesday to 16th century.  During this period, there may have been up to three manors in Milden vill – the equivalent of the parish today.  The manors were effectively large estates (possibly considered small by today’s standards). These were Bures/Bowery Manor (today centred on Moat Farm), Fen Hall Manor (today centred on Wells Hall) and Milding Manor (today centred on Milden Hall but previously possibly Milden Castle). 

16th century to 20th century The following timeline of owners of various manors within today’s Milden parish is condensed from lengthy research by Christopher Hawkins.

Milden history provided by Juliet Hawkins