TITLE:
The lost villages : in search of Britain's vanished communities / Henry Buckton.
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Publication Date:
2008
Publication Information:
London ; New York : I.B. Tauris,
Physical Description:
246 p. : ill., map.
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Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-238) and index.
Summary:
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.
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781845116712
