1. "This handsome volume may be welcomed as the first major publication of the Deserted Me-dieval Village Research Group of which thetwo principal authors were founder members in 1952." - Colin Platt in The American Historical Review, Vol. 78, No. 2, 1973, pp. 416-417.
2. "There is no finality in the writing of history, least of all in so rapidly expanding a study as that of deserted villages. Future work will amplify without diminishing the permanent value of the information brought together in this fine book. H.P.R." - Finberg in Population Studies, Vol. 26, No. 2, July, 1972, p. 323.
3. ".,the book remains a land mark in British medieval settlement studies. It is attractively produced." - Lloyd R. Laing in The Scottish Historical Review, Vol. 51, No. 152, Part 2, October, 1972, pp. 202-204.
4. This is a valuable and important book." - P.D.A. Harvey in History, Vol. 58, No. 194, 1973, pp. 437-439.
5. "They illustrate the close connection between archaeology, architectural history, historical geography and economic history which runs throughout the book and is the hall-mark of the Deserted Medieval Village Group." - R. H. C. Davis in The English Historical Review, Vol. 88, No. 349, October, 1973, pp. 886-887.