This list of lost settlements in the United Kingdom includes deserted medieval villages (DMVs), shrunken villages, abandoned villages and other settlements known to have been lost, depopulated or significantly reduced in size over the centuries. There are estimated to be as many as 3,000 DMVs in England. Grid references are given, where known.
England
Note that in many cases English settlements are listed under the relevant historic county, rather than the modern administrative unit.
Bedfordshire Stratton, near Biggleswade Sheep Lane, between Woburn and Leighton Buzzard Ruxox, near Ampthill Kinwick, believed to be near Sandy Elvedon, believed to be near Pertenhall
Berkshire Barcote, near Littleworth, (manor house survives) (now in Oxfordshire) Beckett, near Shrivenham, (manor house survives) (now in Oxfordshire) Betterton, near Lockinge, (manor house survives) (now in Oxfordshire) Bockhampton, near Lambourn, (manor house survives) Calcote, near Hungerford (near, (exact location unknown) Carswell, near Littleworth, (now in Oxfordshire) Clapcot, near Brightwell, (manor house survives) Cruchfield, near Bray, (manor house survives) East Compton, near Compton, (church survives) Draycott, Longworth, (now in Oxfordshire) Eaton Hastings, (church survives) (now in Oxfordshire) Endloss Ditton, near Luton Fulscot, near South Moreton, (now in Oxfordshire) Henwick, near Thatcham, (manor house survives) Hill End, near Wytham, (now in Oxfordshire) Hodcot, near West Ilsley, Holt, near Kintbury, (manor house survives) Langley, near Hampstead Norreys, (manor house survives) Inglewood, near Kintbury, (manor house survives) Maidencourt, near East Garston, Marlston, near Bucklebury, (manor house survives) Newton, near Buckland, (manor house extant) (now in Oxfordshire) Odstone, near Ashbury, (now in Oxfordshire) Seacourt, near Wytham, (good earthworks: road pattern discernible) (now in Oxfordshire) Shalford, near Brimpton, (manor house extant) Sheffield, near Burghfield, East Shefford, (manor house and church extant) Shottesbrooke, (manor house and church extant) Southcote, near Denchworth, (manor house extant) (now in Oxfordshire) Stroud, near Cumnor, (now in Oxfordshire) Thrupp, near Radley, (now in Oxfordshire) Tubney, near Appleton, (manor house extant) (now in Oxfordshire) Whatcombe, near Fawley, Whitley, near Cumnor, (exact location unknown) (now in Oxfordshire) Woolley, near Chaddleworth, (manor house extant) Wyld Court, near Hampstead Norreys,
Buckinghamshire From Beresford's Lost Villages except Old Wolverton. Ackhampstead, near Frieth, – no visible remains at the site Addingrove, near Oakley, Doddershall, near Kingswood Ekeney, near Emberton (Borough of Milton Keynes) Fleet Marston, west of Aylesbury Old Wolverton (Milton Keynes)Buckinghamshire Historical Service plaque on site.
Cambridgeshire Includes former villages whose sites were in Huntingdonshire until the 1974 county boundary changes. Botolph Bridge, near Orton Longueville Whitwell, near Barton Burghley, possibly under Burghley House Clopton, Cambridgeshire, near Croydon Cratendune, near Ely Houghton, Cambridgeshire (medieval village) Howes Little Thetford near Little ThetfordSpedding (1983) Cambridgeshire Historic Environment Record Medieval settlement remains, Little Thetford Sawtry Judith, near Sawtry (community based around lost abbey)The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland – 1868 (GENUKI) Stonea Camp, deserted Iron Age hill fort in hamlet of Stonea Washingley, near FolksworthLost villages of Cambridgeshire, cambridgeshire-community.org.uk Weald and Wintringham, both near Eynesbury Hardwicke, St Neots
Cheshire Baddiley Haycroft Overton, near Malpas Tatton
Cumbria Mardale Snittlegarth
Derbyshire Agden Side, near Agden Reservoir Alkmonton medieval settlement, between Uttoxeter and Derby Ashopton, submerged under Ladybower Reservoir Cottons, near Normanton, Derby Derwent, submerged under Ladybower Reservoir Hungry Bentley, between Uttoxeter and Derby Phoside, near Glossop. Toxall, near Macclesfield"District map of the Ambergate, Nottingham & Boston, and Eastern Junction Railway, with extension and branches." Late 19th century. Lincolnshire Archives ref: 4 GL/5/6. Acc. Number: 2008/35.
Devon Gawton – A port on the river Tamar abandoned in the early 20th century. Grimspound – a late Bronze Age settlement on Dartmoor Hallsands – Village and beach. Hundatorra, near Hound Tor (DMV. Now in the care of English Heritage ) Hutholes, Widecombe-in-the-Moor, Dartmoor. Lacoma – a deserted medieval village on Exmoor. New Quay (Devon) – A port on the river Tamar abandoned in the early 20th century. Morwellham Quay – A port upstream from New Quay that was partially abandoned after the closure of most of the local mines in the early 20th century, now an open-air museum. Sutreworde, mentioned in the Domesday book, but abandoned in favour of nearby Lustleigh
Dorset Tyneham (taken over by the British Armed Forces during World War II) Maryland, on Brownsea Island—The village was originally created to serve an unsuccessful pottery business. Its inhabitants were ultimately expelled by the island's owner. Winterborne Farringdon
County Durham Carlbury, (mostly demolished in the late 1940s to make way for A67 road) Ulnaby, (abandoned in the 16th century) Fieldon Bridge, near Shildon, NZ20569 (known locally as "Fylands" built for mine workers at Coppy Crooks it was demolished, deemed uninhabitable, in the 1950s) Eden Pit, near Shildon, NZ24895 (east of Shildon and built to service the colliery of the same name, there were 37 houses, demolished in the 1960s) Riseburn, near Shildon, NZ25073 (consisted of three terraces with a small Primitive Methodist chapel, demolished in the 1940s) Marsden, near South Shields Addison, near Ryton Hamsteels, near Quebec
Gloucestershire Charlton (demolished in the late 1940s to make way for an extension of Filton Airfield) Lancaut Northwick, near Blockley Upper Ditchford
Herefordshire Chilstone Devereux Edvin Ralph Hampton Wafer Hewland Hoarwithy Holme Lacy Kilpeck Little Cowarne Lower Bullingham Studmarsh Wacton Wolferlow
Isle of Wight
Abedestone, south of Ashey Alalei, in Apse Heath Alvington, south west of Gunville Appleford (Great, North and Upper), east of Chale Green Bagwich, north west of Godshill Barnsley, in Westridge Black Pan, in Lake Chalcroft, in Brading Cheverton, north of Shorwell and east of Cheverton Down Coombe, north of Brighstone and east of Rock Compton, near Compton Chine and Compton Down Done, near Chale, up Head Down Durton, north of Downend Gotten, south of Chale Green and Gotten Manor Haldley, in Carisbrooke Hardley, in Hillway Huffingford, in Blackwater Kern(e), north of Alverstone Lessland, north east of Sandford Levegarestun Loverstone, east of Chillerton and west of Rookley Green Luton, east of Mark's Corner and south of Northwood Moor (Farm), near Sandford Orham, near St Helens and Bembridge Preston, in Oakfield Rowborough, near St Helens and Brading Scaldeford, near Apse Heath and Lake Sheat, north of Gatcombe Shoflet, on the western bank of King's Quay Standen (East), south west of Downend Standen (West), south of Shide Stenbury, east of Whitwell Walpan, north of Walpen Chine Watchingwell (Lower and Upper), north of Apesdown and north east of Vittlefields Week, north of St Lawrence and east of Whitwell, up Week Down Whitcombe, east of Bowcombe and up Garstons Down Whitefield, in Whitefield Wood and east of Ashey Whitefield (Little), in Ashey Wilmingham, south of Yarmouth on the eastern bank of the River Yar. Woolverton, in Hillway Wolverton, south of Shorwell
Hertfordshire
Kent See Lost villages of the Romney Marsh for more detail. Buttdarts (over one of the larger marsh drains), Dengemarsh, south of Lydd Dode (Dowde), , in Luddesdowne parish near Gravesend Eastbridge, Fairfield, Falconhurst, Galloways, not marked on OS Map: ?TR 0017 Hampton-on-Sea, Hope All Saints, Midley, SW of Old Romney, Orgarswick, NW of Dymchurch, Paddlesworth, near Snodland, Shorne, Shuart, Snave, Stone Chapel near Ospringe
Lancashire Fairhurst, lost hamlet near Parbold Gambleside, abandoned in 1866 Greenbooth, abandoned and submerged village under a reservoir Watergrove, abandoned and submerged village under a reservoir
Leicestershire
Aldeby SK552987 Deserted Medieval Village in Enderby, now known as St Johns after its ruined parish church Allhallows SK785361 Lost place in Redmile, recorded as Alhallowes in 1579Cox B, A Dictionary of Leicestershire and Rutland Place-names, Nottingham, 2005 Alton SK390148 Deserted Medieval Village in Ravenstone Alwolton Lost place in Hoby, recorded in 1322 as Utteralwolton where Utter means outer or remoteCox B, The Place-names of Leicestershire Part 3 East Goscote Hundred, Nottingham, 2004 Ambion SK400003 Deserted Medieval Village in Sutton Cheney, reputedly abandoned at the time of the Battle of Bosworth Andreskirk SK392222 Deserted Medieval Village in Breedon on the Hill, located to its west Atterton SP353983 Deserted Medieval Village Baggrave SK697088 Deserted Medieval Village in Hungarton Beacon Hill SK513146 Lost place in Woodhouse Eaves, site of an Iron Age hill fort, perhaps a lookout over the Soar valley for the Corieltauvi tribe Beckingthorpe SK808394 Lost place in Bottesford, recorded as Beclintorp about 1300 Berehill SK587046 Lost place in St Margaret's Field, recorded as le Berehil in 1260, it lay outside the East Gate of Leicester, forming part of the east suburb and subsequently was named the HaymarketCox B, The Place-names of Leicestershire Part 1 The Borough of Leicester, Nottingham, 1998 Bescaby SK823623 Deserted Medieval Village Bigging, Lost place in Leicester, recorded as le Bigginge in 1323, it was a group of buildings close to the abbey of St Mary de Pratis, perhaps near SK580062 Bishop's Fee SK505051 Lost Place in St Margaret's Field Leicester, recorded as feodo Episcopi in 1336 and called The Suburb in Domesday, it was the property of the Bishop of Lincoln and included St Margaret's Field Bittesby Deserted Medieval Village, perhaps formed out of a larger, earlier parish centred on a former Romano-British settlement at Duninc Wicon that also included Ullesthorpe as an outlying settlementCox B, The Place-names of Leicestershire Part 5 Guthlaxton Hundred, Nottingham, 2011 Bradgate SK535103 Deserted Medieval Village in Newtown Linford, abandoned for the building of Bradgate House Bradley SP823954 Lost place in Nevill Holt, recorded as Bradel in the 12th century, and the site of an Augustinian Priory from about 1200Cox B, The Place-names of Leicestershire Part 4 Gartree Hundred, Nottingham, 2009 Brascote SK443025 Deserted Medieval Village in Newbold Verdon Brentingby SK784198 Deserted Medieval Village Bromkinsthorpe SK560040 Lost place in St Mary's Field Leicester, now Braunstone Gate Brooksby SK670160 Deserted Medieval Village Bulwarks, The SK405233 Lost place in Breedon on the Hill, site of an Iron Age hill fort, perhaps in the western border zone of the Corieltauvi tribe Burrough Hill SK770120 Lost place in Burrough on the Hill, site of an Iron Age hill fort, perhaps the central place of the Corieltauvi tribe before the Roman invasionCox B, The Place-names of Leicestershire Part 2 Framland Hundred, Nottingham, 2002 Burrowchurch SK835185 Lost place in Wymondham, located to its west Canby SK605170 Lost place in Sileby which gave its name to one of the three Sileby medieval great fields Charleyston Lost place in Charley recorded in 1280 Colby SK617090 Lost place in Thurmaston close to boundary with Humberstone Cold Newton SK716065 Deserted Medieval Village Cotes de Val SP553887 Deserted Medieval Village in Gilmorton Dishley SK513212 Deserted Medieval Village Dodyngton Lost place in Rearsby, recorded about 1480 Doveland SK560043 Lost place in St Mary's Field, Leicester, recorded about 1230