Wharram Percy Deserted Medieval Village
We had intended to visit this site on our first trip to North Yorkshire, but we never made it due to satnav issues and darkness, so it seemed like a good idea a few months later to make it a destination for the daytime and proper research. So we looked up the carpark and made it the first site to hit after the Egton churches on day 2 in NY. This site fascinated us as any deserted village would, however it isn't quite as intact as the name leads you to believe. Almost all the buildings aside from a few recent farm buildings and the ruins of the church are nothing but earthworks now, but the site still dates back to the 10th century. We, incorrectly, assumed that the plague was to blame for the village being abandoned but it turns out that this was not the case. Don't get us wrong, the Plague along with various raids played their part in reducing the village population, but it wasn't the reason for its demise. In reality the Percy's exchanged th...
