First occupied as a settlement during the Iron Age, and through succeeding Roman, Saxon and Norse occupations, Wharram Percy was abruptly abandoned about 1500 after surviving the Black Death. Investigations at the site have found remains of houses, churches, meeting rooms and farm fields.
Wharram Percy is now owned by English Heritage and open to the public. Archaeologists who have worked on Wharram Percy include John G. Hurst and Maurice Beresford.
Sources
English Heritage has a good page on Wharram Percy, and Ken Tompkins who wrote the book has one called Wharram Percy: The Lost Medieval Village.
Mays, Simon 2004 Wharram Percy: The skeletons. Current Archaeology 46(193):45-49.
This glossary entry is part of the Dictionary of Archaeology.
