Wharram Percy

Wharram Percy is a deserted medieval village (DMV) in North Yorkshire, England.O.S. Yorkshire Sheet 143,  6" = 1 mile, surveyed:1850–51, published:1854M.Aston, Interpreting the Landscape: Landscape Archaeology and Local History (1985), p.67 It has been settled since prehistory, but was largest during the 10th through 12th centuries. The Domesday Book talks about it, and says that it was called 'Warran' or 'Warron'. It was owned by the Percy family of aristocrats. Around the year 1400, it came under the ownership of the Hylton family of aristocrats. They decided to use the land in and around the village for sheep, because it made more money back then. In the early 16th century, the last part of the village was destroyed to make room for sheep pasture.J. M. Eaton, An Archaeological History of Britain: Continuity and Change from Prehistory to the Present (2014),  p.151


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Wharram Percy by the former chief guide of the Beresford excavation
English Heritage - History of Wharram Percy
Investigation history
English Heritage's investigation of the site in 2002
Abandoned communities ..... Wharram Percy
BBC Radio 4 programme on Wharram Percy

Category:Archaeological sites in England
Category:Villages in North Yorkshire
Category:History of England