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Faxton abandoned hilltop village

Ghost town Documented siteProhibited, look only

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Coins and tokensCoins and tokens
Buttons and bucklesButtons and buckles
Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: site protected).

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0), Unknown (Public domain), NPS (Public domain).

Why this spot

Domesday village, last church demolished 1959

Village named after a Norse settler, recorded in Domesday with perhaps 60 to 80 people and later having a church, rectory, hall and almshouses founded in 1730. Only 31 people remained in 1931, the church closed in 1939 and was demolished in 1959.View source →

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