Index of Deserted Villages in Norfolk
It
is difficult to provide a definitive list of all the
deserted villages in Norfolk - particularly as new lost
communities are still being discovered. The list below is
taken from Alan Davison's book Deserted Villages in
Norfolk (1996) which features most of the well known
locations. However, I have added another list (further down
the page) of other possible locations - some taken from
Maurice Beresford and John Hurst's list and some identified
from studying O/S maps of Norfolk.
The identification of DMVs is further
complicated by the fact that some settlements have not
disappeared entirely but have merely shrunk or shifted.
Norfolk has also lost villages due to coastal erosion and
due to the creation of the Stanford Training Area (STANTA)
in the Brecklands.
(Hyper-linked place-names have their own
complete page. More complete pages will be added in due
course. This is a work in progress.)
|
Norfolk Deserted Villages (after Alan
Davison): |
Alethorpe |
| Appleton |
| Ashby |
| Babingley |
| Barmer |
| Barningham Town (Winter) |
| Bawsey |
| Bayfield |
| Beachamwell |
| Beeston St Andrew |
| Beeston St Lawrence |
| Bickerston |
| Bixley |
| Bodney |
| Bowthorpe |
| Braydeston |
| Broomsthorpe |
| Brumstead |
| Buckenham Tofts |
| Burgh |
| Bylaugh |
| Caldecote |
| Chosely |
| Colveston |
| Cranwich |
| Didlington |
| Earlham |
| Eccles |
| Egmere |
| Foston |
| Frenze |
| Gasthorpe |
| Godwick |
| Great Barwick |
| Great Hautbois |
| Great Palgrave |
| Great Snarehill |
| Greynston |
| Gunton |
| Hales |
| Hargham |
| Heckingham |
| Herringby |
| Holkham |
| Holverston |
| Houghton |
| Houghton-on-the-HIll |
| Illington |
| Ingloss |
| Irmingland |
| Kempstone |
| Kenninhgham |
| KIlverstone |
| Langford |
| Letton |
| Leziate |
| Little Bittering |
| Little Hautbois |
| Little Hockham |
| Little Palgrave |
| Little Rackheath |
| Little Witchingham |
| Little Wreningham |
| Longham |
| Lynford |
| Mannington |
| Markshall |
| Middle Harling |
| Mintlyn |
| Narford |
| North Barningham (Wood) |
| Oby |
| Oxborough |
| Oxnead |
| Pattesley |
| Pensthorpe |
| Pudding Norton |
| Quarles |
| Riddlesworth |
| Roudham |
| Rougham |
| Roxham |
| Ryston |
| Santon |
| Saxlingham Thorpe |
| Shingham |
| Shotesham St Mary |
| Stanford |
| Stanninghall |
| Sturston |
| Summerfield (Southmere) |
| Sutton |
| Tattersett |
| Testerton |
| Thorpe Parva |
| Thorpland |
| Threxton |
| Thuxton |
| Tottington |
| Wallington |
| Waterden |
| Weasenham St Peter |
| West Harling |
| West Tofts |
| West Wretham |
| Windall |
| Winston |
| Wolterton |
Other (Possible) Deserted Villages in
Norfolk: |
Algarsthorpe |
| Anmer |
| Apton |
| Arminghall |
| Bastwick |
| Batley Green (under RAF Coltishall) |
| Bec |
| Billockby |
| Boyland |
| Burgh St Mary (near Filby) |
| Cavelly |
| Clare (near Mundesley) |
| Cleythorpe |
| Clipstone |
| Coston |
| Crostwick |
| Crostwight |
| Culesthorpe |
| Dunston |
| Dunton-with-Doughton |
| East (or Little) Poringland |
| East Somerton |
| Felbrigg |
| Fishley |
| Foulden St Edmund |
| Fritton (near Hempnall) |
| Glosthorpe |
| Gowthorpe |
| Hackford (near Reepham) |
| Haveringland |
| Helmingham (aka Morton-on-the-Hill) |
| Keburn |
| Keswick (near Bacton) |
| Kimberley |
| Kipton |
| Kirby Cane |
| Little Barwick |
| Little Breckles |
| Little Walton |
| Little Waxham |
| Maideston |
| Mantateston |
| Methwold Hythe |
| Merton |
| Middle Harling |
| Morton-on-the-Hill (Helmingham) |
| Nessa |
| Nettingdon |
| Norton |
| Oxwick |
| Panworth |
| Petygards |
| Rainesthorpe |
| Rockland St Andrew |
| Semer |
| Sco Ruston |
| Shipden |
| Shotesham St Botolph |
| Shotesham St Martin |
| Shotford |
| Sisland |
| Southwood |
| Snore |
| Sparham |
| Stinton |
| Stow |
| Swathing |
| Toimere |
| Washingford |
| Well |
| Wella |
| West Raynham |
| Westwick |
| Wicken |
| Witton (near Bacton) |
| Whimpwell |
| Whitlingham |
| Wyveling |
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