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10 Hidden Villages in Somerset Sitting in Complete Silence
Somerset is known for more than just cider and cathedral cities. Here are some places the county has quietly kept to itself.
Somerset tends to keep its secrets. While its well-known landmarks draw visitors, most...
History
6 Lost Villages on the Norfolk Coast, the Sea Has Slowly Taken Back
The Norfolk coast has been retreating for five thousand years. It did not stop at the fields. It took the villages, too.
Standing at dusk on Happisburgh’s cliffs, you’ll see the vast North Sea where...
History
Roger Crab: The Man Who Gave Everything Away
In 17th-century England, one man sold his business, gave the money to the poor, moved to a field near Uxbridge, and lived on grass. Rather than being dismissed as eccentric, he was seen as...
Travel
Britain’s Drowned Villages: Bells Beneath the Water
Explore five villages in the UK where streets rest under reservoirs, church towers appear as water drops, and the past lingers just out of sight.
Most places are forgotten over time. In Britain, though, some...
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