My current project is about the village of Welei, near Preston, Herts, that disappeared from public knowledge in spite of being named as a manor in the Domesday Book.
Philip Wray has an informative and evocative account of Welei on his Preston website:
Today, nothing visible remains of Welei. The ancient road is now a track. Two ponds stagnate nearby. The Green is a tangle of trees and undergrowth. But, lurking just beneath the surface of the flora and fauna are foundations of houses, abandoned artefacts and skeletons in unmarked graves.
The other day, I went up to the possible location of the village:
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I made a few video notes with my Flip camcorder and edited them into a rough clip to give a sense of the atmosphere:
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