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Explore 10 deserted villages, that were filled with life centuries ago <\/p>

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Published: Thursday, 05 September 2024 at 15:09 PM<\/p>

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In the hidden corners of the UK, where nature slowly reclaims what was once its own, lie deserted villages\u2014silent reminders of lives that were. <\/strong><\/p>

Who owns England? History of England’s land ownership and how much is privately owned today<\/a><\/li>
Britain’s abandoned coastal villages<\/a><\/li><\/ul>
These ghostly settlements, often nestled in remote landscapes or perched on the edge of history, tell stories of abandonment, migration, and sometimes tragedy<\/p>
10 deserted villages<\/h2>
Skara Brae, Orkney<\/strong><\/h3>Getty images<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\u00a0<\/strong>Uncovered by a storm in 1850, Skara Brae is the\u00a0best preserved Neolithic village site in Europe. In the nine huts revealed, you can even see the furniture and cupboards left from the Stone Age.\u00a0<\/p>
We named Skara Brae one of Scotland’s great historic sites<\/a><\/p>
Knowlton, Dorset<\/strong><\/h3> Ghost-haunted ruins of a Norman church surrounded by a Neolithic<\/a> henge and village earthworks. Signposted off the B3078 from Wimborne.<\/p>
Hound Tor, Devon<\/strong><\/h3>
Grimspound, Devon<\/strong><\/h3>Stowe, Buckinghamshire<\/strong><\/h3> $\"\"$
By RATAEDL – https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/40635353@N00\/2318068713\/, CC BY-SA 2.0, https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=8683422<\/figcaption><\/figure>
The medieval <\/a>village was deserted when the Temple family created a private deer <\/a>park in the\u00a017^{th<\/sup>\u00a0century. A medieval church\u00a0still remains\u00a0on the site of the now-lost village at the heart of the\u00a0Vanbrugh and Bridgeman\u00a0planned\u00a0landscape.<\/p>}
Chysauster\u00a0Village, Cornwall<\/strong><\/h3> $\"\"$
Fossick OU, CC BY-SA 3.0 https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons<\/figcaption><\/figure>
The most complete and\u00a0best preserved\u00a0Iron Age village site in England, with four pairs of courtyard houses along a paved street. North of Penzance.\u00a0<\/p>
Imber, Wiltshire<\/strong><\/p>
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Imber\u00a0is an eerie\u00a0deserted\u00a0village,\u00a0first recorded in the Domesday Book,\u00a0within the Army\u2019s training area\u00a0on Salisbury Plain. Up until 1943 it was an active village, but then\u00a0the\u00a0entire population of about 150 was evicted to provide an exercise area for\u00a0troops preparing for\u00a0 D Day<\/a> and has been abandoned ever since.\u00a0<\/p>
Tyneham, Dorset<\/strong><\/p>
Getty video<\/figcaption><\/figure>
Tyneham, near Lulworth on the Dorset Coast Path,\u00a0is a ghost village abandoned in 1943\u00a0when the Ministry of Defence commandeered it for military training. Now\u00a0part of the Armoured Fighting Vehicles Gunnery School,\u00a0Tyneham\u00a0is only accessible when the Lulworth Ranges are open to the public.<\/p>
Nether Haddon, Derbyshire<\/strong><\/h3>\u00a0<\/strong>The bumps and hollows in the fields opposite Haddon Hall across the A6 as you approach Bakewell <\/a>are the remains of the village of Nether Haddon. It was depopulated by the Duke of Rutland, although the medieval church still serves as the chapel to the hall.\u00a0<\/p>
Burton\u00a0Dassett, Warwickshire<\/strong><\/h3>
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Now a country park just off the M40 north of Banbury, only the church and a farmhouse remains of a town which was once a rival to the city of Coventry to the north. The beautiful 12^{th<\/sup>\u00a0century church is known as \u201cthe cathedral in the hills.\u201d\u00a0<\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n}
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10 deserted villages<\/h2>