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This list of lost settlements in the United Kingdom includes deserted medieval villages (DMVs), shrunken villages, abandoned villages and other settlements known to have been lost, depopulated or significantly reduced in size over the centuries. There are estimated to be as many as 3,000 DMVs in England.
Deserted medieval village. Mentioned in the Domesday Book and Nomina Villarum. Land lost to agricultural enclosure from the 17th century was a reason for abandonment. [81] [245] Waxham Parva: Near Waxham Lost to coastal erosion. Church records end suddenly in 1383 so the loss of the village can probably be dated to around this time. [63] [80 ...
A further lost place in the city is the Bishop's Fee, which covered most of St Margaret's Field. This was the property of the Bishops of Lincoln who included Leicestershire in their Norman diocese. [25] The Diocese of Leicester itself was lost during the Danish invasions of the 9th and 10th centuries when it was removed to Dorchester in ...
This list is of deserted medieval villages (DMVs), "shrunken" villages and other settlements known to have been "lost" or significantly reduced in size over the centuries. [1] [2] There are estimated to be as many as 3,000 DMVs in England alone. (Grid references are given, where known.) Achurch; Althorp; Appletree; Armston; Astwell; Astwick
In the United Kingdom, a deserted medieval village (DMV) is a former settlement which was abandoned during the Middle Ages, typically leaving no trace apart from earthworks or cropmarks. [ citation needed ] If there are fewer than three inhabited houses the convention is to regard the site as deserted; if there are more than three houses, it is ...
Archaeologists discovered the 1,700-year-old ruins while excavating the site of a medieval shipyard.
Where current settlements are listed they are not the same as the disappeared villages. For example, Stevenage relocated to be closer to the Great North Road, abandoning the previous Stevenage. II denotes any change in position
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