Wharram Percy, Deserted Medieval Village. Looking north from old Fish Pond

Task

Visit the Home Page of the Wharram Percy Website to find the answers to this question.

Name five groups of settlers who have lived in Wharram Percy.

Now enter the Wharram Percy Site to answer these questions.

How did Wharram Percy get its name?

When was Wharram Percy first lived in?

What was the largest number of people who lived in the village and when was this?

When was Wharram Percy last lived in?

Choose a picture of the village.

Write a caption that explains what the picture is about.

Choose a photograph of the village.

Write a caption that explains what the picture is about.

Visit the page about Saint Martin's Parish Church to answer these questions.

The word “analog” on the web page should read “analogy”, which means another way of telling the story of a medieval village.

What was the name of Wharram Percy's Parish Church ?

Briefly describe the history of the church.

Visit the section about the peasant houses to answer these questions.

What was a “toft”?

What was a “croft”?

How many houses were there in the village in 1400?

In your own words, write a description of a peasant house .

Write a list of the objects found in the peasant's houses.

Choose one of the pictures and write about what the objects in you picture tell you about life in a medieval village.

Follow this link to answer the next two questions.

Why did the population of Wharram Percy change from about 150 to one Shepherd and his family?

What happened to the rest of the village's inhabitants?