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The Stanford Battle Area Villages

Breckland, Norfolk

Six villages cleared for army training, their churches still inside the range.

In 1942 around 1,000 people from Tottington, Stanford, West Tofts, Buckenham Tofts, Langford and Sturston were told to leave so the Army could train for the war in Europe. Like Imber and Tyneham, they were never allowed back.

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When
Evacuated 1942
Where
52.5000, 0.7500
Group
Lost & drowned villages

Visiting

The range is closed to the public. Former villagers have been allowed back for occasional services.

Cover of The Ledger of Lost Britain by Cale Mills
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The Ledger of Lost Britain

The Romans arrived in AD 43. For most people that is where the history of Britain begins. But by the time the legions landed, people had already been living on these islands for thousands of years. They had hunted, farmed, mined flint, dragged stones across the country, raised a hill by hand, and buried their dead in great tombs. They left no written words. What they left was the ground itself. Every place in this book can be visited, or has been dug up, or is in a museum.

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