books.google.co.uk - Britain is full of abandoned and lost villages. There are over 3,000 in England alone. Many were deserted in medieval times, for reasons ranging from death by plague to the depletion of the area's natural resources, or, more recently, for reasons of national security. Villages such as Tyneham in Dorset,...http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/The_Lost_Villages_of_England.html?id=CAIo-xXfClsC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareThe Lost Villages of England
