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The Village That Died for England
Language: en
Pages: 664
Authors: Patrick Wright
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-09-14 - Publisher: Watkins Media Limited

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A reissue of Patrick Wright's 1995 classic about the military takeover of the village of Tyneham, with a new introduction taking in Brexit and a new wave of Bri
The Village that Died for England
Language: en
Pages: 420
Authors: Patrick Wright
Categories: Bombing and gunnery ranges
Type: BOOK - Published: 1996 - Publisher: Random House (UK)

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Extinction made the Dorset village of Tyneham famous. When Churchill evacuated it to make a tank gunnery range he vowed the people could return. Attlee broke th
The Village that Died for England
Language: en
Pages: 487
Authors: Patrick Wright
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2002 - Publisher: Gardners Books

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Tyneham is the archetypal 'lost village': a Dorset hamlet in a beautiful valley evacuated to make a training area for allied tanks during World War Two, and nev
Your Guide to Not Getting Murdered in a Quaint English Village
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Considering a trip to a quaint English village? You’ll think twice after learning about the countless murderous possibilities lurking
The Common Stream
Language: en
Pages: 254
Authors: Rowland Parker
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2005-08-01 - Publisher: Chicago Review Press

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This is the story of the village of Foxton, in Cambridgeshire. The author studied archaeological excavations, oral tradition, manor court rolls, land tax return