Friday 19th April 2024
Difficulty: Easy
Ghost towns in the UK (Quiz #518)
St Giles Church, Imber, Wiltshire, UK. Photo: Rog Frost @ Wikipedia. (Creative Commons)
1. In November 1943 all the residents of Tyneham, Dorset were told to leave within 28 days so that the village could be used for military training. When were the villagers allowed to return?
2. Why were the residents of Hallaig, on the Isle of Raasay in Scotland, forcibly evicted?
3. Many coastal towns have been washed away by the sea. But of which town does local legend say that, during storms, you can hear the bells of the lost churches chiming from below the waves?
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