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Explore England's Past

Higher Prescott

During the later 19th century many farms were deserted as farms were amalgamated, some farmhouses were reduced to labourers’ cottages. The coming of motor transport and the decline in farm labour in the early 20th century meant that remote inaccessible dwellings were abandoned.

Copyright: 
University of London
Image Caption: 
Deserted farmstead, Higher Prescott, Exmoor
Asset Author: 
University of London / Brennan Smith