Photo "St. Andrew Church, Tottington - grave of William Hancock William Hancock became the first person to be buried in the Norfolk 'ghost village' of Tottington since residents were evicted in 1942 to make way for a 1,700-acre military training area. The funeral was on october 2nd, 2009. You can see more here, including pictures of the funeral. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1217727/War-veteran-person-buried-ghost-village-Ministry-Defence-forced-inhabitants-relocate-1942.html This church is situated inside the STANTA military battle training area and I visited on 26th March 2010 with special permission from the MoD. The area was originally established in 1942 when a battle training area was required. Military exercises were already known in the area; tanks had trained at Thetford in the First World War. The complete takeover involved the evacuation of the villages of Buckenham Tofts, Langford, Stanford, Sturston, Tottington and West Tofts. All residents were evactuated in 1942." by Nicholas Mutton (Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0) / Cropped from original

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