# List of lost settlements in Norfolk

There are believed to be around 200 lost settlements in Norfolk, England. This includes places which have been abandoned as settlements due to a range of reasons and at different dates. Types of lost settlement include deserted medieval villages (DMVs), relocated or "shrunken" villages, those lost to coastal erosion and other settlements known to have been "lost" or significantly reduced in size over the centuries, including those evacuated during World War II due to the creation of the Stanford Training Area. There are estimated to be as many as 3,000 deserted medieval villages in England.

## List of lost settlements

This list is of settlements which are known to have been lost and where the location can either be confirmed or is strongly suspected by the use of archaeological or documentary evidence. Settlements where there is less conclusive evidence as to their existence are recorded below this list. Grid references are given where known.
* Top
* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
* J
* K
* L
* M
* N
* O
* P
* Q
* R
* S
* T
* V
* W
* List of possible lost settlements
* See also
* References
* External links

## A

| Settlement name | Grid reference | Notes |
| Alethorpe | TF948 313 | Deserted medieval village mentioned in the Domesday Book. Abandoned in the 16th century, probably due to land being enclosed. |
| Algarsthorpe | TG13 08 approx. | Deserted medieval village. The parish was united with Great Melton in 1476. |
| Alvington | TG147 218 | Possible site for Alvington deserted medieval village in Cawston parish. |
| Anmer | TF737 294 | Site of medieval village on the grounds of Anmer Hall. The village appeared in the Domesday Book and a detailed description of it in around 1600 exists. |
| Appleton | TF705 274 | Deserted medieval village mentioned in the Domesday Book in the modern parish of Flitcham with Appleton. The round tower of St Mary's church is still standing. See also Little Appleton. |
| Apton | TM313 993 | Site of village mentioned in the Domesday Book and the Nomina Villarum of 1316. |
| Arminghall | TG253 048 | Deserted medieval village in the parish of Bixley. |
| Ashby | TG419 158 | Village mentioned in Domesday and Nomina Villarum, with 91 tax payers recorded in 1381. Believed to have been abandoned in the 18th century. |
| Ashby, Snetterton | Unknown | Village mentioned in the Domesday Book but not recorded in the Nomina Villarum of 1316. The precise site is disputed. |
| Ashwicken | TF698 190 | Shrunken medieval village mentioned in the Domesday Book. The parish was united with Leziate by the mid-15th century. |

## B

| Settlement name | Grid reference | Notes | Refs. |
| Babingley | TF670 263 | Deserted medieval village. Possibly the site at which St Felix of Burgundy landed in England in about 630. | |
| Baconsthorpe, near Attleborough | Unknown | Deserted village mentioned in the Domesday Book and known to be north of Attleborough. | |
| Barmer | TF813 336 | Deserted medieval village site identified from air photography in 1991. | |
| Barningham Town | TG15 33 | Site of Roman settlement. | |
| Barret Ringstead | See Ringstead Parva | See Ringstead Parva | See Ringstead Parva |
| Barton Bendish | TF718 062 | Site of a deserted medieval village with substantial earthworks remaining. | |
| Bawsey | TF663 207 | Settlement site dating from the Roman to medieval periods with evidence of Bronze Age and Iron Age occupation. The site featured in an episode of the television programme Time Team. A medieval village at Bawsey is believed to have been abandoned by 1517. | |
| Bayfield | TG050 405 | Deserted medieval village site. The church is ruined and was disused from the 17th century. | |
| Beachamwell | TF752 054 | Deserted medieval village of Wella. | |
| Beeston St Andrew | TG251 146 | Possible site of deserted medieval village. | |
| Beeston St Lawrence | TG32 21 | Possible site of deserted medieval village mentioned in the Domesday Book and Nomina Villarum. Possibly removed due to emparkment in the 1780s. | |
| Belhawe | Unknown | Deserted settlement within the old parish of Arminghall. The church was dedicated to St Andrew and is now within Bixley parish. | |
| Bickerston | TG086 087 | Deserted medieval village mentioned in the Domesday Book and Nomina Villarum. There were 13 taxpayers in 1329 but just six by 1332. Probably finally abandoned in the 17th century. | |
| Bixley | TG257 040 | Deserted medieval village with only the parish church, the only one in England dedicated to St Wandregesilius, remaining. Possible abandoned due to migration to the nearby city of Norwich. | |
| Boyland | TM222 943 | Site of deserted medieval village and Boyland Hall. | |
| Bowthorpe | TG177 091 | Deserted medieval village. The church was abandoned in the 16th century. | |
| Brampton | TG22 23 | Site of a Roman town. | |
| Brancaster | TF78 43 | The Romano-British vicus associated with the fort of Branodunum. | |
| Braydeston or Breydeston | TG341 088 | Site of deserted medieval village mentioned in the Domesday Book and Nomina Villarum, with ten households listed in 1428. | |
| Brettenham | TL939 844 | Site of a Roman town. | |
| Broomsthorpe | TF852 289 | Deserted medieval village identified through a series of earthworks. May be the same place as Sengham or possibly the location of Tattersett St Andrew. Close to the site of Coxford Priory. | |
| Browston | TG499 017 | Approximate location of deserted medieval village On the site of Browston Hall. | |
| Brumstead | TG370 265 | Possible site of deserted medieval settlement. | |
| Buckenham Tofts | TL838 947 | Also known as Buckingham Parva. Mentioned in the Domesday Book and Nomina Villarum. All traces of the medieval settlement were destroyed by the 19th century. The modern village and hall were evacuated by the remaining 73 residents in 1942 and became part of the Stanford Training Area. The area is still controlled for military training by the British Army. | |
| Burgh Castle | TG476 043 | Site of the Roman vicus associated with the fort of Gariannonum. Was in Suffolk until boundary changes in 1974. The site may have later been the location of the Saxon monastery of Cnobheresburg, founded in around 630 by Saint Fursey. | |
| Burgh next Aylsham | TG218 251 | Earthworks showing the prior extent of the shrunken village of Burgh next Aylsham. | |
| Burgh Parva | TG044 335 | Deserted medieval village. | |
| Bylaugh | TG036 184 | Possible site of deserted medieval village mentioned in the Domesday Book. The village was shrunken significantly by the 15th century and was probably abandoned soon afterwards. | |

## C

| Settlement name | Grid reference | Notes |
| Caistor St Edmund | TG231 035 | The site of the major regional Roman town of Venta Icenorum, the capital of the Iceni tribe. |
| Caldecote | TF745 034 | Deserted medieval village abandoned by the late 16th century. Mentioned in the Domesday Book. |
| Calvelly | Unknown | Deserted village known to have existed within Garvestone parish. |
| Cantley, Ketteringham | TG181 046 | Deserted medieval village mentioned in the Domesday Book. Parish united with Hethersett in 1397. Also recorded as Cantelose. |
| Carleton Forehoe | TG094 058 | The remains of the shrunken medieval village of Carleton Forehoe. |
| Choseley | TF755 408 | Deserted medieval village with earthworks remaining. |
| Clare | N/A | North of Cromer. Lost to coastal erosion and flooding in the 15th century. |
| Clare, Crostwick | Unknown | Village mentioned in the Domesday Book and which may have been located in the modern parish of Crostwick. |
| Cley St Peter | TF804 044 | Deserted medieval village mentioned in the Domesday Book. The parish church burnt down in the 16th century and was never rebuilt. |
| Clipstone | Unknown | Mentioned in the Domesday Book and as Clifton in 1316. By 1334 the village had become part of Kettlestone. The site of the medieval village is unknown. |
| Colveston | TL794 955 | Deserted medieval village. Depopulated by the early 18th century |
| Cotes | TF85 07 | Deserted medieval village referred to in 14th century documents and which survived into the 17th century. Petygards formed part of the larger village of Cotes. |
| Cranwich | TL783 949 | Deserted medieval village |
| Custhorpe | TF78 14 approx. | Possible site of village mentioned in the Domesday Book. The village is known to be located within West Acre parish but the location is approximate. |

## D

| Settlement name | Grid reference | Notes |
| Denton | TF70 26 | Deserted medieval settlement. |
| Didlington | TL779 970 | Village mentioned in the Domesday Book which declined in the 17th century as the Lord of the Manor bought up the majority of the arable land. |
| Dunham | TF986 248 | Site of deserted medieval village. |
| Dunton | TF881 300 | Deserted medieval village site close to Dunton church. |

## E

| Settlement name | Grid reference | Notes |
| Earlham | TG193 082 | Mentioned in the Domesday Book and Nomina Villarum and depopulated in 1657 to make way for the development of Earlham Hall. |
| Eaton, Sedgeford | TF699 362 | Probable site of deserted medieval village. |
| Eccles | TG414 288 | Coastal flooding and erosion destroyed most of the village by around 1570, with only 14 houses remaining after a major flood event in January 1604 during which around 66 properties were lost. The church tower survived until 1895 when it was lost to the sea. The site is on the foreshore, with remains occasionally visible after storms or significant erosion events. |
| Egmere | TF897 374 | Deserted medieval village mentioned in the Domesday Book at which point it was a relatively large settlement. By 1428 it had fewer than 10 inhabitants and was joined with Quarles. It seems to have been abandoned by the mid-16th century. The church tower of St Edmund's Church still stands. |
| Erwellestun | Unknown | Deserted medieval village probably located in the north of the parish of Kirby Cane near Hales Hall. |

## F

| Settlement name | Grid reference | Notes |
| Felbrigg | TG197 390 | Village moved from the grounds of Felbrigg Hall |
| Foston or Fodderston | TF652 094 | Deserted medieval village which had 15 taxpayers in 1329 and had been reduced to three cottages by 1805. The church was demolished in the 16th century. |
| Foulness | N/A | North of Mundesley. Lost to coastal erosion in the 15th century. |
| Frenze | TM135 804 | Deserted village mentioned in the Domesday Book and Nomina Villarum. St Andrew's Church is one of the few remaining buildings. |

## G

| Settlement name | Grid reference | Notes | Refs. |
| Gasthorpe | TL983 813 | Village mentioned in the Domesday Book and abandoned in the 17th century | |
| Gatton | TF70 26 | Mentioned in documents from the 13th to 16th century. Not in Domesday Book. Roman and late Saxon archaeological finds have been found. | |
| Gayton | TF719 195 | Site of medieval manor and village. | |
| Glorestorp | TF695 182 | Deserted medieval village mentioned in the Domesday Book. In the 14th century the village is recorded as having a manor house and two watermills. | |
| Godwick | TF903 220 | Deserted medieval village mentioned in the Domesday Book. The site is well preserved as it has never been deep ploughed. Abandoned in the 16th century, possibly due to very heavy clay soils hindering agricultural development. | |
| Golosa | See Ingloss | See Ingloss | See Ingloss |
| Great Barwick | TF807 351 | Probable site of deserted medieval village mentioned in Domesday and Nomina Villarum. | |
| Great Palgrave | TF834 120 | Deserted medieval village mentioned in the Domesday Book. Survived until the 15th century. | |
| Great Snarehill | TL893 835 | Deserted medieval village dating from the late Saxon period. See also Little Snarehill. | |
| Grenesvil | TM23 99 | Possible site of hamlet mentioned in the Domesday Book. Within the modern parish of Shotesham. | |
| Grenstein | TF907 198 | Also known as Gramston or Greynston. Deserted medieval village abandoned in the 16th century. | |
| Grimston | TF71 21 | Site of deserted medieval village. | |
| Gunton, Hanworth | TG230 340 | Deserted medieval village replaced by Gunton Hall. | |
| Guton | Unknown | Deserted medieval village which was a relatively large settlement at the Domesday Book. Granted a Market by the Crown in 1287. Site marked by Guton Hall in the modern parish of Brandiston. | |

## H

| Settlement name | Grid reference | Notes |
| Hales | TM380 960 | A variety of medieval settlement sites exist within Hales, including at Hales Green. Iron Age and Roman settlement sites have also been located. |
| Harling Thorpe | TL946 842 | Deserted medieval village. |
| Hargham | TM020 914 | Deserted medieval village mentioned in the Domesday Book. |
| Heckingham | TM385 988 | A variety of settlement sites, including from the Roman and medieval periods. |
| Herringby | TG446 103 | Deserted medieval village mentioned in the Domesday Book and Nomina Villarum. Parish was united with Stokesby in around 1580 and the church demolished in 1610. |
| Hethel | TG172 004 | Possible site of the village of Hethel, the church of which was mentioned in the Domesday Book. |
| Hockwold | TL723 877 | Area of abandoned medieval settlement on the edge of the shrunken village of Hockwold. |
| Holkham | TF882 430 | Removed in the 18th century as part of the development of Holkham Hall. |
| Holme | TF909 069 | Site of deserted medieval village. |
| Holt, near Leziate | TF675 184 | Land enclosed by landlord Thomas Thursby for use as sheep pasture. Totally depopulated by 1517 - the only Norfolk village to be found to have been depopulated by enclosure at the time of Wolsey's Commission of Inquiry of that year. |
| Holverston | TG307 031 | The parish is recorded in the Domesday Book. The church was demolished in the medieval period. |
| Houghton | TF794 285 | Recorded in the Domesday Book and Nomina Villarum. Village was removed to make way for the building of Houghton Hall in the 1730s, although it may have already been partly abandoned. |
| Houghton-on-the-Hill | TF868 053 | Deserted medieval village mentioned in the Domesday Book and Nomina Villarum. In the 18th century it contained more than 32 houses but had been reduced to a handful of buildings by 1805. The church was last used in 1944 before being rediscovered in the 1990s and restored. It contains a series of late Saxon wall paintings. |

## I

| Settlement name | Grid reference | Notes |
| Illington | TL946 901 | A shrunken village mentioned in the Domesday Book. |
| Ingloss | TM345 967 | Site of deserted medieval village named as Golosa in the Domesday Book. |
| Irmingland, Oulton | TG123 294 | Deserted medieval village mentioned in the Domesday Book and Nomina Villarum. The village had a population of 21 in 1352 and had 10 householders by 1428. The church was ruined in 1602, having been in use in 1557, and by 1805 only two or three houses remained in the settlement. |

## J

| Settlement name | Grid reference | Notes | Refs. |
| Jerpestun | Unknown | Village mentioned in the Domesday Book and other medieval documents. Located close to Loddon and Hales. | |

## K

| Settlement name | Grid reference | Notes |
| Kempstone | TF886 160 | Deserted medieval settlement site mentioned in Domesday Book and Nomina Villarum. A small Roman town or village is believed to have existed at TF87 16 |
| Kenningham | TM206 999 | Deserted medieval village. The parish was united with Mulbarton in 1452 by which time there were only a handful of residents remaining. |
| Kettleton | Unknown | Village mentioned in the Domesday Book. Is thought to have been located in the parish of Forncett. |
| Keswick | Near Bacton | Lost to coastal erosion. |
| Kilverstone | TL894 841 | Village mentioned in the Domesday Book which was largely abandoned by the 18th century at which point the remains were emparked as part of the development of Kilverstone Hall |
| Kilverstone Heath | TL90 86 | A temporary settlement for railway workers was created on the site in the 1840s. |
| Kimberley | TG06 04 | Extensive area medieval earthworks showing the former size of the village of Kimberley. |
| Kipton | Unknown | Mentioned in the Domesday Book. Known to be within the parish of Weasenham St Peter. |

## L

| Settlement name | Grid reference | Notes | Refs. |
| Langford | TL839 965 | Deserted medieval village site abandoned by the mid 18th century. The modern village was abandoned by the remaining 37 residents in 1942 when the Stanford Training Area was established. | |
| Langhale | TM30 97 | Village mentioned in the Domesday Book. Probably a dispersed settlement with the parish church in ruins by the early 16th century. | |
| Letha | Unknown | Village site mentioned in Domesday. Somewhere in the Hundred of Blofield. | |
| Letton | TF974 057 | Deserted medieval village mentioned in the Domesday Book. Abandoned by the 16th century. | |
| Leziate | TF695 199 | Shrunken medieval village mentioned in the Domesday Book and which was joined with the parish of Ashwicken in the late 15th century. | |
| Little Appleton | TF710 210 | Deserted medieval village abandoned before the 17th century when a farmstead is recorded. | |
| Little Barwick | See Middleton | See Middleton | See Middleton |
| Little Bittering | TF935 175 | Deserted medieval village recorded in the Domesday Book and visible as earthworks. St Peter and St Paul's Church dates from the 12th century. The parish was united with Beeston in the 20th century. | |
| Little Breckles, Shropham | TL968 937 | Site of a deserted medieval settlement, probably abandoned by the early 14th century. | |
| Little Breckles, Stow Bedon | TL960 944 | Mentioned as a separate town in Domesday. The church was demolished in the 14th century and the settlement abandoned by 1547. The site may be that of Great Breckles. | |
| Little Hockham | TL949 910 | Village mentioned in the Domesday Book which declined in the 16th century. | |
| Little Palgrave | TF832 135 | Site of deserted medieval village at Palgrave Hall. | |
| Little Snarehill | TL889 805 | Deserted medieval village mentioned in the Domesday Book. See also Great Snarehill. | |
| Little Wacton | TM180 902 | Possible site of deserted medieval village | |
| Little Waxham | See Waxham Parva | See Waxham Parva | See Waxham Parva |
| Little Witchingham | TG117 204 | Parish mentioned in the Domesday Book. The church became redundant by the 1930s but has now been restored. | |
| Little Wreningham | TM155 980 | Thought to be the site of a deserted medieval village. | |
| Little Wrethham | Unknown | Village was mentioned in the Domesday Book. The exact site is unknown. Probably abandoned by the late 14th century. | |
| Lynford | TL820 941 | Recorded as having between nine and 16 taxpayers between 1316 and 1428, was uninhabited by 1467. Now the site of Lynford Hall. | |

## M

| Settlement name | Grid reference | Notes |
| Maidenhouse | TF597 199 | Deserted medieval village and port on the outskirts of the modern village of Clenchwarton |
| Maideston | TG248 216 | Possible site of deserted medieval village. |
| Mannington | TG144 320 | Deserted medieval village in decline by the time Mannington Hall was built on the site in 1460. Village had disappeared by 1565 |
| Markshall | TG228 047 | Deserted medieval village. The church was mentioned in the Domesday Book. |
| Matlask | TG152 349 | Shrunken village. |
| Middle Harling | TL980 851 | Site occupied from the late Saxon to medieval period with documentary evidence of occupation until the 17th century. |
| Middleton | TF803 359 | Probable site of deserted medieval village abandoned by the early 15th century. Also known as Little Barwick. |
| Mintlyn | TF657 192 | Mentioned in the Domesday Book and Nomina Villarum and deserted in the post-medieval period |
| Mora | Unknown | Deserted village site mentioned in the Domesday Book in the parish of Freethorpe. |
| Morley St Peter | TF065 984 | Probable site of deserted settlement near St Peter's Church, Morley. |

## N

| Settlement name | Grid reference | Notes | Refs. |
| Narford | TF76 13 | Possible site of a deserted medieval village mentioned in the Domesday Book. On the site of a Roman settlement with significant number of Roman archaeological finds. Over 100 houses were present in the mid 15th century but only two remained by 1802. The precise location is undisclosed. | |
| Narvestuna | Unknown | Village mentioned in Domesday in Clavering hundred. | |
| Nelonde | Unknown | Deserted medieval settlement thought to be located in the parish of Wreningham. The church was dedicated to St Peter and the parish was united with Great Wreningham by 1414. | |
| Ness | Unknown | East of Winterton-on-Sea or in Mautby parish. Village mentioned in the Domesday Book. It was either lost to coastal erosion, possibly in the 17th or 18th century, or occupied a site in the parish of Mautby. | |
| Newton | East of Gorleston | Village lost to coastal erosion some time after 1567. The site would have been part of Suffolk until the county boundary was changed in 1974. | |
| North Barsham | TF917 349 | Probably site of deserted medieval village. | |
| North Lynn | TF613 211 | Deserted settlement to the north of Kings Lynn originally on the edge of The Wash. The church was washed away in 1271. Land reclamation means that the site is now on the banks of the River Great Ouse and is now a chemical works. | |
| Norton | See Stoke-cum-Norton | See Stoke-cum-Norton | See Stoke-cum-Norton |

## O

| Settlement name | Grid reference | Notes |
| Oby | TG415 144 | Deserted medieval village mentioned in the Domesday Book and Nomina Villarum. |
| Old Fulmodeston | TF996 302 | Site of medieval village to the south of present settlement. Located by pottery scatters from 11th to 13th century. |
| Otterynghythe | TL80 87 | Possible site of a deserted medieval village. |

## P

| Settlement name | Grid reference | Notes | Refs. |
| Panworth | TF896 048 | Mentioned in the Domesday Book but did not appear on a map of 1581. | |
| Pattesley | TF899 241 | Deserted medieval village mentioned in the Domesday Book. The church was in ruins and abandoned by 1602. | |
| Pensthorpe, Kettlestone | TF947 290 | Site of deserted medieval village. Largely destroyed by gravel extraction. | |
| Petygards | See Cotes | See Cotes | See Cotes |
| Pockthorpe | TG128 063 | Deserted medieval settlement site. | |
| Pudding Norton | TF924 277 | Deserted medieval village cleared to make way for grazing in the late 16th or early 17th century. The ruins of St Margaret's Church remain south of the mid-17th century Pudding Norton Hall. | |

## Q

| Settlement name | Grid reference | Notes | Refs. |
| Quarles | TF884 385 | Village mentioned in the Domesday Book. Was joined with Egmere for taxation purposes by the 15th century. The church was ruined by 1571 and the village abandoned by 1713. | |

## R

| Settlement name | Grid reference | Notes | Refs. |
| Rackheath | TG278 152 | Site of deserted settlement which later moved further south to site of the current village. | |
| Rainthorpe | TM202 972 | Possible site of village recorded in the Domesday Book. | |
| Reston | Unknown | Lost settlement somewhere in the Gorleston area. Would have been part of Suffolk prior to boundary changes in 1835. | |
| Ringstead Parva | TF684 399 | Also referred to as Barrett Ringstead. Deserted medieval village. | |
| Ristuna | TF622 017 | Deserted medieval village abandoned by the 18th century. Mentioned in the Domesday Book and Nomina Villarum. | |
| Roudham | TL956 872 | Described as the "best and most extensive example" of a deserted medieval village in Norfolk. A scheduled ancient monument. | |
| Rougham | TF825 207 | Deserted village occupied between the 11th and 15th centuries. | |
| Roxham | TL638 997 | Village deserted by the 16th century. | |
| Ryston | See Ristuna | See Ristuna | See Ristuna |

## S

| Settlement name | Grid reference | Notes |
| Santon | TL828 873 | Deserted medieval village site. |
| Saxlingham Thorpe | TM230 966 | The parish church was ruined by 1687 as villagers moved to more effective agricultural sites. |
| Semer | Unknown | Village mentioned in the Domesday Book and in land grants dating form the 14th century. The site is unknown but is likely to be in either the parish of Dickleburgh and Rushall or Pulham St Mary. |
| Shipden | North-east of Cromer | Village mentioned in the Domesday Book (Cromer was not) with a population of over 100. Lost to coastal erosion by about 1400, with the first losses to the churchyard recorded in 1336. The site of the church tower was the probable cause of the sinking of the steam tug Victoria in 1888. |
| Shotford | TM251 821 | Site of small medieval settlement. |
| Shotesham St Mary | TM238 988 | Deserted medieval village. Shotesham was detailed as four parishes in the Domesday Book. |
| Shouldham | TF680 089 | Site of deserted medieval village on the eastern edge of the modern village. |
| Snore | TL624 993 | Possible site of village of Snore, mentioned in the Domesday Book |
| Southgate or Sythgate | TG137 245 | Possible site of deserted medieval village |
| Southmere or Summerfield | TF748 385 | Deserted medieval village. |
| Southwood | TG393 053 | Possible site of deserted medieval village |
| Sparham | TF874 111 | Earthworks identified as a deserted medieval village. Also known as Pinkneys. |
| Stanford | TL855 946 | Village mentioned in the Domesday Book with earthworks remaining. The modern settlement was abandoned in 1942 when the Stanford Training Area was established with the removal of the remaining 110 inhabitants. The area remains a British Army training area with no permanent population. |
| Stanninghall | TG255 175 | Deserted medieval village, the only remains of which are the ruined church tower. |
| Stinton | TG118 255 | Deserted settlement mentioned in the Domesday Book in the parish of Salle. |
| Stoke-cum-Norton | Unknown | Settlement is referred to in documents but the location is unknown. |
| Sturston | TL875 950 | Medieval village listed in the Domesday Book and Nomina Villarum. Lost to enclosure of common land in 1597. Now part of the Stanford Military Training Area established in 1942 when 27 people were evacuated. |
| Sutton | TF895 206 | Mentioned in the Domesday Book and deserted by the post medieval period |
| Swathing | TF986 058 | Deserted medieval settlement mentioned in the Domesday Book. |

## TUV

| Settlement name | Grid reference | Notes | Refs. |
| Tattersett St Andrew | See Broomsthorpe | See Broomsthorpe | See Broomsthorpe |
| Testerton | TF934 267 | Deserted village which declined from the 17th century. Parish was abolished in 1935 and combined with Pudding Norton. | |
| Thorpe Parva | TM161 794 | Mentioned in the Domesday Book, the parish was united with Scole in 1482 and the church demolished in around 1540, with the tower remaining as a dovecote. One family lived in the village by 1739. | |
| Thorpland, Runcton Holme | TF616 083 | Deserted medieval village. Archaeological remains discovered during gravel extraction in 1964. | |
| Thorpland, Fakenham | TF937 322 | Site of a deserted medieval village mentioned in the Domesday Book. | |
| Threxton | TF885 001 | Mentioned in the Domesday Book and Nomina Villarum, with 28 taxpayers in 1329 and 23 in 1377. Depopulated by 1635. | |
| Thurton | TG100 214 | Possible site of village mentioned in the Domesday Book and which was later known as Middleton-in-Witchingham. | |
| Thuxton | TG035 075 | Deserted village probably occupied between the 13th and 15th centuries. Heavy clay soils may have led to abandonment. Possibly also known as Thurmanston. | |
| Tofts | Unknown | Deserted medieval settlement mentioned in the Domesday Book. Combined with Great Ellingham for taxation purposes in the late 14th century. | |
| Toimere | TF655 066 | Deserted settlement mentioned in the Domesday Book. | |
| Tottington | TL893 955 | Site of a deserted medieval village. The modern village, which had 200 residents, was abandoned in 1942 when the Stanford Training Area was established. | |
| Twanton | TM175 929 | Possible site of deserted medieval village mentioned in the Domesday Book. Also known as Tharanton. | |
| Venta Icenorum | See Caistor St Edmund | See Caistor St Edmund | See Caistor St Edmund |

## W

| Settlement name | Grid reference | Notes | Refs. |
| Wallington | TF626 076 | Medieval village mentioned in the Domesday Book and Nomina Villarum. Possibly removed to construct Wallington Hall in the 16th century. | |
| Walsingham, East Carleton | Unknown | Settlement mentioned in the Domesday Book and other documents as early as 1046. | |
| Washingford | TM334 992 | Site of deserted medieval village mentioned in the Domesday Book. | |
| Waterden | TF887 364 | Deserted medieval village. Mentioned in the Domesday Book and Nomina Villarum. Land lost to agricultural enclosure from the 17th century was a reason for abandonment. | |
| Waxham Parva | Near Waxham | Lost to coastal erosion. Church records end suddenly in 1383 so the loss of the village can probably be dated to around this time. | |
| Wendling | TF929 122 | Site of deserted medieval village. | |
| West Harling | TL975 852 | Deserted medieval village mentioned in the Domesday book. Occupied until the 17th century. | |
| West Lexham | TF843 171 | Marked on a map of 1575 but mostly abandoned by 1771. | |
| West Tofts | TL837 928 | Deserted medieval village cleared to make way for the development of Lynford Hall park in the 17th century. The modern village and hall were evacuated in 1942 and became part of the Stanford Training Area. The population of 135 was rehoused. The hall was demolished after 1945 and the area is still controlled for military training by the British Army, although the parish church still stands and is used at Christmas for a carol service. | |
| Wighton | TF95 39 | A range of Iron Age and Roman settlement sites, including a substantial Roman town and two Iron Age hill forts are present in Wighton. | |
| Wilby | TM032 900 | A number of earthworks have been identified as former areas of habitation of the now shrunken village of Wilby. | |
| West Wretham | TL900 914 | Deserted medieval village mentioned in the Domesday Book and Nomina Villarum. Abandoned by 1793. | |
| Wimpwell or Whimpwell | North-east of Happisburgh | Village mentioned in the Domesday Book. Possibly lost to coastal erosion in the 15th century. | |
| Windall or Windle | TM427 939 | Approximate site of deserted medieval village. Also known as Wyndale. | |
| Winston | TM401 931 | The parish was joined with Gillingham in 1440 with the parish church having fallen into disuse by the 14th century. | |
| Wolterton | TG164 324 | Deserted village on the site of Wolterton Hall. Mentioned in the Domesday Book and the Nomina Villarum, it had 37 tax payers in 1377. | |
| Wyndale | See Windall | See Windall | See Windall |
| Wyveling | TF692 205 | Deserted medieval settlement with Saxon and medieval pottery finds. Manor noted with Bawsey in the Nomina Villarum. | |

## List of possible lost settlements

In addition to confirmed or strongly suspected sites of lost villages, there are other locations which are believed to be the site of lost settlements. These are generally deserted medieval villages where there is some archaeological or other evidence to suggest that settlements existed but where identification is uncertain.
| Settlement name | Grid reference | Notes |
| East Walton | TF74 15 | Possible site of a deserted medieval settlement. |
| Flockthorpe | TG043 039 | Possible site of deserted medieval settlement. |
| Gnattington | TF721 375 | Marked on a map of 1631 as Gnattington Green and possibly the site of a deserted medieval village. |
| Hackford | TG077 222 | Possible site of Hackford deserted medieval village. Hackford remained a separate parish until 1935. The site of the village is unclear. All Saints church was lost to fire in 1543 and little remains. |
| Helmingham or Morton | TG125 158 | A possible site for Helmingham deserted medieval village, mentioned in the Domesday Book and Nomina Villarum. It is also suggested that Helmingham is elsewhere in the parish of Morton on the Hill and this site is possibly the village of Morton. |
| Salle | TG118 250 | Earthworks in Salle Park which are indicative of a possible medieval village site. |
| Whitwell | TG089 214 | Possible approximate site for a deserted medieval village. |
| Wicken | TF805176 | Possible site of deserted medieval village. |