Tyneham
Isle of Purbeck, Dorset
Just before Christmas 1941, the 225 people of Tyneham were told to leave their homes so the Army could use the valley for training. They expected to return after the war.
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- When
- Evacuated December 1941
- Where
- 50.6235, -2.1695
- Group
- Lost & drowned villages
Visiting
Open most weekends and in school holidays when the ranges are not firing. The church and schoolroom have displays.
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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