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May 6, 2021 at 1:00 pm
Even during a recession, we expect towns and villages to expand. New housing estates are, after all, part of modern life. It is rather depressing, and even shocking, to see dilapidated houses in towns or ruined farmhouses in the country.
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Yet in earlier centuries, roofless buildings, grass-covered streets and redundant houses were commonplace. We could take the story back to the decay of Roman cities and villas in the fourth and fifth centuries, or the abandonment of the farms founded to replace them in the countryside of the Anglo-Saxon period. This article, however, focuses on thousands of hamlets and villages – and a handful of towns – that were deserted from around 1300 until recent times, but have left traces of their existence in the modern landscape, many of which can still be visited.
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February 18, 2021
Winter Weather Advisory in effect for Sussex & Kent counties in DE, and Kent, Talbot, Caroline, & Queen Anne’s counties in MD until 7 PM Friday.
More icing is likely tonight across northern Delmarva as more freezing rain moves in. Southern Delmarva, including Salisbury will have plain rain. Lows will be in the low to mid 30s. Lingering showers are possible
Friday under mostly cloudy skies. A few snowflakes may mix in as well. Highs will be in the upper 30s.
Saturday will be partly to mostly sunny with highs in the mid 30s. Sunny skies are expected
Sunday with highs in the mid to upper 30s.
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December 16, 2020 Wind Advisory in effect for Sussex & Kent counties in DE from 4 PM Today– 1 AM Thursday. High Surf Advisory in effect for Maryland Beaches and Accomack County from 4 PM Today to 5 AM Thursday
The coastal low will move over Delmarva
tonight, bringing blustery conditions, with rain mostly happening before midnight. Temperatures will climb before midnight in some spots into the 50s, before falling into the low to mid 30s overnight. Skies on
Thursday will be partly sunny, with chilly temperatures around 40°.
Friday and
Friday into the mid 40s on Saturday. Increased clouds are in the forecast on
Sunday, while temperatures reach the upper 40s.