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Having milked the original Ghost village for all it's worth and the ensuing fun that entailed.I've been out and found another long lost abandoned village.This time it's several miles away from Fevlad in Normanton lol It's the derelict Newlands hall and village.There's a good story behind it. The place dates back to the12th & 13th century (Rumoured possible links to the Knights Templar for good measure).Since 1971 the population has been 0.It was a great place to find, Once grand buildings in the middle of deep woods these days.The pics and story are here.http://www.flickr.com/photos/phill_dvsn ... 18/detail/

Phill_dvsn wrote: Having milked the original Ghost village for all it's worth and the ensuing fun that entailed.I've been out and found another long lost abandoned village.This time it's several miles away from Fevlad in Normanton lol It's the derelict Newlands hall and village.There's a good story behind it. The place dates back to the12th & 13th century (Rumoured possible links to the Knights Templar for good measure).Since 1971 the population has been 0.It was a great place to find, Once grand buildings in the middle of deep woods these days.The pics and story are here.http://www.flickr.com/photos/phill_dvsn ... 18/detail/ HERE WE GO AGAIN LOL

Brandy wrote: Phill_dvsn wrote: Having milked the original Ghost village for all it's worth and the ensuing fun that entailed.I've been out and found another long lost abandoned village.This time it's several miles away from Fevlad in Normanton lol It's the derelict Newlands hall and village.There's a good story behind it. The place dates back to the12th & 13th century (Rumoured possible links to the Knights Templar for good measure).Since 1971 the population has been 0.It was a great place to find, Once grand buildings in the middle of deep woods these days.The pics and story are here.http://www.flickr.com/photos/phill_dvsn ... 18/detail/ HERE WE GO AGAIN LOL LOL. That ghost village will NOT go away ha ha!I thought you might like this one mate

Brandy wrote: Phill_dvsn wrote: Having milked the original Ghost village for all it's worth and the ensuing fun that entailed.I've been out and found another long lost abandoned village.This time it's several miles away from Fevlad in Normanton lol It's the derelict Newlands hall and village.There's a good story behind it. The place dates back to the12th & 13th century (Rumoured possible links to the Knights Templar for good measure).Since 1971 the population has been 0.It was a great place to find, Once grand buildings in the middle of deep woods these days.The pics and story are here.http://www.flickr.com/photos/phill_dvsn ... 18/detail/ HERE WE GO AGAIN LOL Not sure qhat you're expecting here Phill but you do know I've just heard Fevsmate's friend, Nor Man is non too chuffed about this tha knows, he remembers what happened when you..... Nah, it couldn't happen again, could it??Nice shots as ever Phill. Envious as ever

excellent work once again phil,some great shots there mate.

Nice one Phill - i love it.Funny thing about the town of Normanton - the locals always call it 'Normington' without even really realising it or thinking about it. Also there is a surname which is actually spelled 'Normington' showing that this pronounciation must be of many years standing , presumably predating the modern spelling.

drapesy wrote: Nice one Phill - i love it.Funny thing about the town of Normanton - the locals always call it 'Normington' without even really realising it or thinking about it. Also there is a surname which is actually spelled 'Normington' showing that this pronounciation must be of many years standing , presumably predating the modern spelling. No the locals call it "nommi -n" with what I believe is called a "glottal stop" where the "t"should be.

I worked in Wakefield for several years and believe me, whilst individual voices vary and some speakers are lazier than others (to be pedantic no two people pronounce any given word identically )there's a definite 'ing' sound in there.    

Normanton is fairly conclusively named for being a Norman settlement established after William the Conqueror's invasion. I've heard of the -ing mispronunciation around the mining villages in the area but I think it comes from the same source as 'skellington' and 'binocliers'.

TBH when I saw "Ghost Village" I thought it was referring to Wharam Percy, which is a real ghost village in the Wolds between York and Driffield.