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Types of lost settlement include deserted medieval villages (DMVs), relocated or "shrunken" villages, those lost to coastal erosion and other settlements known to have been "lost" or significantly reduced in size over the centuries, including those evacuated during World War II due to the creation of the Stanford Training Area. There are ...
Egmere medieval settlement is a deserted medieval village in Norfolk, England, about 2.5 miles (4.0 km) ... An area west of the church and manor house, along a stream ...
Deserted medieval villages in Norfolk (14 P) Hamlets in Norfolk (39 P) A. ... Pages in category "Villages in Norfolk" The following 200 pages are in this category ...
Pages in category "Deserted medieval villages in Norfolk" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Alethorpe is a deserted medieval village site and former civil parish, now in the parish of Little Snoring, in the North Norfolk district, in the county of Norfolk, England. It lies south-east of Little Snoring, around 2 miles (3.2 km) north-east of the town Fakenham and 23 miles (37 km) north-west of Norwich to the north of the A148 road . [ 1 ]
It is thought that villages near Norwich became deserted at the end of the medieval period due to people migrating to the city. [2] The church of St Wandregeselius is on the western edge of the site. Its tower dates from the early 14th century; the rest of the church dates from 1868. It is a Grade II* listed building. [3]
Lower Paleolithic (2,500,000 to 300,000 BC) In 2005 it was discovered that Norfolk contained one of the earliest finds of European man. [2] The find revealed flint tools, similar to those found on the Suffolk coast at Pakefield which were dated at around 668,000 BC [2] and a find at Happisburgh in the "Cromer Forest Bed" has been dated as being approximately 900,000 years old and has given us ...
Godwick is a deserted village in the county of Norfolk. Its location was south of Fakenham between the villages of Tittleshall and Whissonsett. There are over 200 deserted medieval villages in Norfolk, but most sites have been destroyed by ploughing, the pressures of two world wars or other agricultural uses. Only a few still have impressive ...