Locating the sites of England's lost villages, this book describes the occasion of their depopulation and the character of those who destroyed them. Aerial phot
England is full of forsaken villages. Some were deserted in medieval times; others were taken over by armed forces; industry decline emptied others. This book s
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Permanent settlers began arriving at the village of Flagstaff around the 1820s, drawn by its advantageous location along the Dead River floodplain and the avail