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What if your City or place vanished? Here are 5 ways in which a place just disappears. In some cases over night, in some cases over generations.
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Videos To Watch Next:
Dorset Cursus: youtube.com/watch?v=Je-vZSx2fx0
The Stonehenge Mystery House: youtu.be/eSP3SoSdHXQ?si=614QgnVIi6G4trlg
Usual notices:
1. We are not historians or Academics. We enjoy researching and learning, and with that we enjoy sharing our journeys with you. That said, sources for information often listed below with credits.
2. Corrections. Whilst we make every attempt to not include any errors, research, and piecing stories together from dozens of sources sometimes leads to one or two. I will note here if any are found:
Errors and Notes:
1.
Credit and thanks for assets
Long UK Maps: mapswire.com/maps/united-kingdom
Filter: Snowman Digital and Beachfront
B-Roll Maps: Google Maps and Google Earth Studio
Maps: National Library of Scotland Maps:
OS Maps. Media License.
Stock Footage: Storyblocks
Music: Storyblocks, epidemicsound and artlist
Old Map: NLS - nls.uk
Sources:
british-history.ac.uk/vch/wilts/vol12/pp67-86#h3-s7
archive.org/stream/wiltshirearchaeo8119wilt/wiltshirearchaeo8119wilt_djvu.txt?
Dunwich:
https://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/basis/bede-book2.asp
opendomesday.org/county/suffolk
british-history.ac.uk/vch/suff/vol2
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunwich#Rotten_borough
dunwichmuseum.org.uk
historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1006039
Vindomis
roadsofromanbritain.org/iter15.html
freemaptools.com/radius-around-point.htm
Sarum
english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/old-sarum/history
salisburycathedral.org.uk/discover/history
historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1015675
archaeopress.com/Archaeopress/DMS/C57B2024AAC44F458C4B8971E5AB1A60/9781803277592-sample.pdf
Credit:
Anglo saxon charter cred Uni of Ednburgh Heritage College
Beach_to_the_south_of_Walberswick: Credit Oliver Dixon
Dunwich Sign Post: Credit Leutha
Dunwich Cliffs 1986 Credit Clint Mann
Chapters:
00:00 - Context
01:17 - When the Work is Gone
04:02 - When the Land MOves
06:10 - When we Forget
09:33 - When it was Never Lost
11:15 - When A City Moves
13:40 - What we Lost
What if your City or place vanished? Here are 5 ways in which a place just disappears. In some cases over night, in some cases over generations.
If you love videos like this... the oddities of the lumps and bumps in the Landscape or you simple love oddities in UK History, give this a thumbs up and you will be sure to see more! And if you REEEEALLY like all of those things and want to support the channel.... you can
Join this channel to get access to perks:
youtube.com/channel/UCJV1EC8Mf87PpQYo9eUfd3Q/join OR Patreon: patreon.com/PaulWhitewick
Videos To Watch Next:
Dorset Cursus: youtube.com/watch?v=Je-vZSx2fx0
The Stonehenge Mystery House: youtu.be/eSP3SoSdHXQ?si=614QgnVIi6G4trlg
Usual notices:
1. We are not historians or Academics. We enjoy researching and learning, and with that we enjoy sharing our journeys with you. That said, sources for information often listed below with credits.
2. Corrections. Whilst we make every attempt to not include any errors, research, and piecing stories together from dozens of sources sometimes leads to one or two. I will note here if any are found:
Errors and Notes:
1.
Credit and thanks for assets
Long UK Maps: mapswire.com/maps/united-kingdom
Filter: Snowman Digital and Beachfront
B-Roll Maps: Google Maps and Google Earth Studio
Maps: National Library of Scotland Maps:
OS Maps. Media License.
Stock Footage: Storyblocks
Music: Storyblocks, epidemicsound and artlist
Old Map: NLS - nls.uk
Sources:
british-history.ac.uk/vch/wilts/vol12/pp67-86#h3-s7
archive.org/stream/wiltshirearchaeo8119wilt/wiltshirearchaeo8119wilt_djvu.txt?
Dunwich:
https://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/basis/bede-book2.asp
opendomesday.org/county/suffolk
british-history.ac.uk/vch/suff/vol2
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunwich#Rotten_borough
dunwichmuseum.org.uk
historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1006039
Vindomis
roadsofromanbritain.org/iter15.html
freemaptools.com/radius-around-point.htm
Sarum
english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/old-sarum/history
salisburycathedral.org.uk/discover/history
historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1015675
archaeopress.com/Archaeopress/DMS/C57B2024AAC44F458C4B8971E5AB1A60/9781803277592-sample.pdf
Credit:
Anglo saxon charter cred Uni of Ednburgh Heritage College
Beach_to_the_south_of_Walberswick: Credit Oliver Dixon
Dunwich Sign Post: Credit Leutha
Dunwich Cliffs 1986 Credit Clint Mann
Chapters:
00:00 - Context
01:17 - When the Work is Gone
04:02 - When the Land MOves
06:10 - When we Forget
09:33 - When it was Never Lost
11:15 - When A City Moves
13:40 - What we Lost
