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Trevor Rowley and John Wood.
Deserted Villages; second edition. 
Published Princes Risborough: Shire, 1995 (previous edition was 1982).
Series: Shire Archaeology, no. 23.
ISBN 0747802831;
ISBN-13: 9780747802839.
Binding: paperback, perfect bound.
Printer: CIT Printing Services, Haverfordwest.
Size: 148x208x5mm.
Page count: 72pp, monochrome illustrations.
Main language: English.
Overall condition good to very good: spine uncreased, text appears to be free of marking.


This item £2.50
plus P&P £2.00 within the UK
(delivery outside the UK not currently available)

[Publisher’s price for 3rd edn. £6.99]
Weight without packaging: 167g.

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Emphasis primarily medieval, though with reference to later examples.

Contents: What is a deserted village?; When & why were villages deserted?; What do deserted villages look like?; Archaeology & deserted villages; How to discover deserted villages; Where are the deserted villages?
Appendices: Fieldwork questionnaire.

Notes: no
Tables: no
Illustrations: 19 monochrome photographs
Maps & plans: 18
Genealogies: no
Chronology: no
Glossary: yes
Bibliography: 1 page
Index: yes

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See also | Archaeology | Landscape |

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