Abandoned Communities ..... Even More Places
Palmer’s Village in London began with the founding of almshouses and a school in 1656. The village grew up nearby. It was demolished around 1851 when Victoria Street was constructed.
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In the Tywi Valley the castles at Dinefwr and Dryslwyn lost their military significance in the fifteenth century. The castles and the small towns associated with them were abandoned.

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Hampton-on-Sea, near Herne Bay in Kent, was a fishing and smuggling community and then a centre for oyster fishing, but it was lost to erosion before a housing estate could be completed.