In Britain there are more than 3000 lost villages--once thriving communities that fell victim to the pressures of disease, industry, and social and political change. Reduced to ivy-clad remnants nestled in valleys and woodlands, or to weather-worn ruins on moorland and coast, all are echoes of a former age and evoke a natural curiosity as to who lived in them, what life was like there, and what caused their decline.
In The Lost Villages, bestselling author Henry Buckton makes a selection of some of the more recent lost villages from around Britain. Combining rare photographs,...
In Britain there are more than 3000 lost villages--once thriving communities that fell victim to the pressures of disease, industry, and social and...
