The West Midlands region has several lost and abandoned villages.
The region has lost many communities over the years - here’s just a few places around the West Midlands that no longer exist.
Birmingham and the wider region has gone through generations of change building on top of itself time and time again, and in the process of massive expansion over its history, annexed many of the surrounding villages.
We’ve had a look at some of the forgotten and abandoned villages of the region.
Let’s take a look:
5. The working class community in the Jewellery Quarter
Young people from Perry Beeches Academy II created a trail to show places described in Kathleen Dayus' memoirs | Google Maps
6. Cesterover
North of Birmingham, Cestersover is a deserted village in Warwickshire, now in the civil parish of Pailton. The village was abandoned around 1467 when Henry Waver, who had made his fortune as a London draper (and was appointed a Sheriff of London) was granted permission to rebuild the ancient manor with turrets and crenelations and to enclose 500 acres of land | Google
7. Radbourne, East Midlands
Radbourne is a shrunken medieval village, meaning it was once larger in medieval times | Google
8. Burton Dassett, Warwickshire
Once a thriving market town; now largely vanished except for a tower and church in the country park Photo: Submitted Image