List of lost settlements in the UK

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This list includes some of the thousands of deserted medieval villages (DMVs), "shrunken" villages and other settlements known to have been "lost" or significantly reduced in size over the centuries. There are estimated to be as many as 3,000 DMVs in England alone. (Grid References are given, where known.)

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[edit] England, by historical county

[edit] Bedfordshire

[edit] Berkshire

(Information derived from [2].

  • Barcote, near Littleworth (SU 320979) (Manor House still extant)
  • Beckett, near Shrivenham (SU 246892) (Manor House still extant)
  • Betterton, near Lockinge (SU 431868) (Manor House still extant)
  • Bockhampton, near Lambourn (SU 335782) "Very shrunken"
  • Calcote, near Hungerford (near SU 340698 - Exact Location Unknown)
  • Carswell, near Littleworth (SU 325978)
  • Clapcot, near Brightwell (SU 605916) (Manor House still extant)
  • Cruchfield, near Bray (SU 880740) (Manor House still extant)
  • East Compton, near Compton (SU 525796) (Church still extant)
  • Draycott, Longworth (SU400994)
  • Eaton Hastings, Eaton Hastings (SU 260982) (Church still extant)
  • Fulscot, near South Moreton (SU 545888
  • Henwick, near Thatcham (SU 498686) (Manor House still extant)
  • Hillend, near Wytham (SU 466065)
  • Hodcot, near West Ilsley (SU 477818)
  • Holt, near Kintbury (SU 401645) (Manor House still extant)
  • Langley, near Hampstead Norreys (SU 498766) (Manor House still extant)
  • Inglewood, near Kintbury (SU 365666) (Manor House still extant)
  • Maidencourt, near East Garston (SU 373760)
  • Marlston, near Bucklebury (SU 529719) (Manor House still extant)
  • Newton, near Buckland (SU 360980) (Manor House still extant)
  • Odstone, near Ashbury (SU 271862
  • Purley Parva, near Purley (SU 654769) (Manor House still extant)
  • Seacourt,near Wytham (SP 486075) (Good earthworks: road pattern discernible)
  • Shalford, near Brimpton (SU 569648) (Manor House still extant)
  • Sheffield, near Burghfield (SU 653693)
  • East Shefford, East Shefford (SU 391747) (Manor House and church extant)
  • Shottesbrooke, Shottesbrooke (SU 842771) (Manor House and church extant)
  • Southcote, near Denchworth (SU 375910) (Manor House still extant)
  • Stroud, near Cumnor (SU 444075)
  • Thrupp, near Radley (SU 518973)
  • Tubney, near Appleton (SP 446010) (Manor House still extant)
  • Whatcombe, near Fawley (SU 393789)
  • Whitley, near Cumnor (SP 442053 - Exact location unknown)
  • Woolley, near Chaddleworth (SU 410800) (Manor House still extant)
  • Wyld Court, near Hampstead Norreys (SU 543760)

[edit] Cambridgeshire

[edit] Devon

[edit] Dorset

[edit] Leicestershire

[edit] Lincolnshire

[edit] Northamptonshire

  • Glendon, near Glendon Hall [6]

[edit] Norfolk

[edit] Nottinghamshire

List of sites [8]

[edit] Rutland

[edit] Yorkshire

[edit] Northern Ireland, by historical county

[edit] Scotland, by historical county

[edit] Roxburghshire

[edit] Wales, by historical county

[edit] External links


[edit] References

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