Milton is a village and civil parish about 3 miles (5 km) west of Didcot and a similar distance south of Abingdon.

[4] In 956 King Eadwig granted 15 hides of land at Milton to his thegn Alfwin, who in turn gave the estate to the Benedictine Abingdon Abbey.

[2] In 1764 Catherine, Martha and Mary Calton sold the estate to Bryant Barrett, in whose family the property remains.

[2] In 1772 short two-storey wings designed by Stephen Wright[6] were added to the house for Bryant Barrett.

Tsar Peter the Great of Russia is said to have stayed at Milton House around this time, probably in order to consult Benbow on shipbuilding.

[2] The manor house, gardens and park are open to the public between 2pm and 5pm on certain dates between Easter Day and 31 August each year.

[6] Under the chancel arch is the Barrett family vault, in which the Roman Catholic bishop Richard Challoner (1691–1781) was buried[2] until 1946 when his remains were translated to Westminster Cathedral.

[15] An open field system of farming continued in the parish until 1808–09, when Parliament passed an inclosure act[which?]

[2] In 1841 the Great Western Main Line was built through the parish about 1⁄2 mile (800 m) south of the village.

[16] During the Second World War the British Army had a large depot on land between Milton village and the railway line.

Milton has one public house, which for many decades was called the Admiral Benbow, and latterly it was controlled by Greene King Brewery.