Following loss of interest and being closed for some years, the Court Hall reopened as a museum under the care of Swale Archaeolgical Research Group

On the 20th May 1959, the Court Hall was opened as a museum by Councillor S F J Forster, chairman of the Council

Extensive restoration (1957/8) of the Court Hall following demolition of cottages.

Demolition of cottages attached to the Court Hall over many years. During these works Anglo-Saxon remains found.

The Court Hall donated by Thomas Buggs to the then Sittingbourne and Milton Urban District Council

The Court Hall sold to Thomas Buggs, a local Milton Councillor and leading businessman

Death of Sydney Nicholls, the Court Hall passes to his son Arthur Nicholls

The Court Hall substantial damaged due to enemy action

With the demise of the old manorial system and the introduction of a more efficient system of local government at the beginning of the twentieth century, the Court Hall fell into private hands. Purchased by Sydney Nicholls, the last Portreeve of Milton for £75

The suffix “Regis” granted to Milton