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2. ..others were forcibly deserted by landowners making the profitable shift from arable farming (corn prices falling as fewer mouths to feed) to more profitable & much less labour-intensive wool production by converting open fields to pasture; eg Stretton Baskerville, Warwicks 
3. The distribution of deserted medieval villages (map of 2002 of those known in 1968) shows how closely their occurrence follows that of large-scale open fields which covered most of the area of a parish. (Both maps archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archiveDS/arch…)
4. (The region between the two black lines - roughly across the centre of England from SW to NE - is that of large-scale open fields, ie parishes that were mostly focused on growing grain.)
5. The true number of DMVs remains unknown - Beresford’s figures, even updated, are still a significant underestimate. Eg., only 16 were known in Cambs. in 1977. *Another 43* were added in 2009. All 59 are shown as black circles on this map. academia.edu/1815087/Oosthu…
6. Exploring DMVs in your area is easy & fun - with lots of accessible sources: place-names, parish histories, archaeology, documentary evidence, maps. AND there’s plenty to find out from @MedSettRG & @beresfords_dmv incl the latter’s brilliant website beresfordslostvillages.wordpress.com END
