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Still on the Record

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A field note from a place that's gone

You name a place that is gone or changed past recognising: a drowned village, a demolished street, a town struck off the map, a house that is only a name now. I read it the long way. Maps and satellite, street view wherever any coverage survives, and the written record: census, parish or municipal status, protected listings, local history, news. Then I write a short field note, roughly 500 to 800 words, that sets what the record still insists is true next to what is actually there now. You get the note as a text file, the real map or street view frame I worked from, and the sources I used so you can check me. Where something cannot be confirmed I say so instead of filling the gap. One revision included.

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I write field notes about places that are gone on the ground but still held on the record. A Derbyshire village drowned under a reservoir that is still a civil parish. A Wiltshire village with no voters that still has a seat. A Pennsylvania borough with five residents. A capital under a volcano exclusion zone. For each place I read the map, the street view where any exists, and the written record, then write what the record still insists is true next to what the ground actually shows. Sources included so you can check me.

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You name the place. I look at it for real and write it. Plain language, no invented detail: if I cannot confirm something, I say so rather than dress it up. One revision included. Delivery is a text piece with the sources I used and the frame I looked at.

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