The deserted village of Wharram Percy is located in North Yorkshire in the Yorkshire Wolds . It is situated in a narrow valley 'Deep Dale' which rises on the western side to a plateau.
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| Wharram Percy IJ / VM |
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| Wharram Percy Deep Dale Valley |
It is recorded in the Doomsday Book as Warran. The Percy being added from the time the lands were owned by the Percy Family.
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| Domesday Book recording Waaran |
The village consisted of a number of homesteads bounded by stone walls with cereals and cattle being the main agricultural activity. The village church of St Martin's was constructed from the 12th centaury onwards.
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| Wharram Percy late 13th Century |
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| Wharram Percy South Manor |
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| Medieval Agriculture |
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| Medieval Homestead |
In 1402 / 03 the lands came under the ownership of the Hylton family. As sheep farming became more profitable than the cereal production the tenants were evicted and the land turned over to pasture. The village disappeared and the church fell into ruin. All that now remains are the grassed-over foundations of two manor houses and about 40 peasant houses and their outbuildings.
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| Wharram Percy deserted Medieval Village |
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| Wharram Percy South Manor ruin |
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| Wharram Percy St Martin's Church Ruins |
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| Wharram Percy St Martin's Church Ruins |
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| Wharram Percy St Martin's Church Ruins |
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| Wharram Percy St Martin's Church Ruins IJ |
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| Wharram Percy St Martin's Church Ruins |
A farm was built in the area of the former village in the 18th century which would later be abandoned.
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| Wharram Percy 18th Century Farm |
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| Wharram Percy Bovine Incident |
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| Wharram Percy "Everything alight on the Bovine Front " |