Why Did Hundreds of English Villages Just Disappear? Settle in for a calm, softly spoken history for sleep story built for bedtime listening.

Tonight's connected stories: The Reeve's Shrinking List, Wharram Percy's Long Ending, The Last Loads from Hound Tor, and The Surveyor's Folded Map.

More than two hours of softly spoken narration with gentle fire ambience to help you fall asleep, ease insomnia, relax, study, or enjoy as quiet background while you read. The humour is lightest at the start and fades as the episode becomes calmer.

Chapters:

0:00 The Reeve's Shrinking List

53:02 Wharram Percy's Long Ending

1:25:30 The Last Loads from Hound Tor

1:52:27 The Surveyor's Folded Map

2:24:20 Fire ambience

Fire ambience: "Little fire.ogg" by Glaneur de sons, CC BY 3.0.

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Was Medieval Food Really as Bland as They Say? Settle in for a calm, softly spoken history for sleep story built for bedtime listening.

Tonight's connected stories: The Working Pot, The Tart in the Great Kitchen, The Orderly Store, and The Commons Book.

More than two hours of softly spoken narration with gentle fire ambience to help you fall asleep, ease insomnia, relax, study, or enjoy as quiet background while you read. The humour is lightest at the start and fades as the episode becomes calmer.

Chapters:

0:00 The Working Pot

52:50 The Tart in the Great Kitchen

1:25:47 The Orderly Store

1:53:06 The Commons Book

2:22:16 Fire ambience

Fire ambience: "Little fire.ogg" by Glaneur de sons, CC BY 3.0.

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Why Did Medieval England Put Animals on Trial? Settle in for a calm, softly spoken history for sleep story built for bedtime listening.

Tonight's connected stories: The Wheel That Was Never a Defendant, The Savigny File, A Vineyard at the Church Court, and The Labels on the Archive Box.

More than two hours of softly spoken narration with gentle fire ambience to help you fall asleep, ease insomnia, relax, study, or enjoy as quiet background while you read. The humour is lightest at the start and fades as the episode becomes calmer.

Chapters:

0:00 The Wheel That Was Never a Defendant

51:24 The Savigny File

1:23:28 A Vineyard at the Church Court

1:49:11 The Labels on the Archive Box

2:21:11 Fire ambience

Fire ambience: "Little fire.ogg" by Glaneur de sons, CC BY 3.0.

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What Did a Medieval Blacksmith Actually Do All Day? Settle in for a calm, softly spoken history for sleep story built for bedtime listening.

Tonight's connected stories: The Cart Strap Before Noon, Before the Bar Reaches the Forge, Market Day in the Slag, and The Last Straight Line.

More than two hours of softly spoken narration with gentle fire ambience to help you fall asleep, ease insomnia, relax, study, or enjoy as quiet background while you read. The humour is lightest at the start and fades as the episode becomes calmer.

Chapters:

0:00 The Cart Strap Before Noon

48:28 Before the Bar Reaches the Forge

1:18:29 Market Day in the Slag

1:43:26 The Last Straight Line

2:11:33 Fire ambience

Fire ambience: "Little fire.ogg" by Glaneur de sons, CC BY 3.0.

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What Lies Beneath the Streets of London? Settle in for a calm, softly spoken history for sleep story built for bedtime listening.

Tonight's connected stories: The Load Beside the Walbrook, The Entrance Under Guildhall Yard, The Edge the Thames Kept Moving, and A Small Area Before the Railway.

More than two hours of softly spoken narration with gentle fire ambience to help you fall asleep, ease insomnia, relax, study, or enjoy as quiet background while you read. The humour is lightest at the start and fades as the episode becomes calmer.

Chapters:

0:00 The Load Beside the Walbrook

51:43 The Entrance Under Guildhall Yard

1:23:18 The Edge the Thames Kept Moving

1:50:17 A Small Area Before the Railway

2:21:04 Fire ambience

Fire ambience: "Little fire.ogg" by Glaneur de sons, CC BY 3.0.

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The Floating Gardens That Weren't Actually Floating. Settle in for a calm, softly spoken history for sleep story built for bedtime listening.

Tonight's connected stories: The Ground Rebuilt Each Year, A Basket Through the Water Streets, The Gate in the Causeway, and Seedlings in Their Own Mud.

More than two hours of softly spoken narration with gentle fire ambience to help you fall asleep, ease insomnia, relax, study, or enjoy as quiet background while you read. The humour is lightest at the start and fades as the episode becomes calmer.

Chapters:

0:00 The Ground Rebuilt Each Year

53:51 A Basket Through the Water Streets

1:28:09 The Gate in the Causeway

1:55:53 Seedlings in Their Own Mud

2:19:40 Fire ambience

Fire ambience: "Little fire.ogg" by Glaneur de sons, CC BY 3.0.

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The Churches Carved Downward Into Solid Rock. Settle in for a calm, softly spoken history for sleep story built for bedtime listening.

Tonight's connected stories: One Hand's Width Lower, Where the Rain Goes, The Church Beneath the Path, and Lamps Before Dawn.

More than two hours of softly spoken narration with gentle fire ambience to help you fall asleep, ease insomnia, relax, study, or enjoy as quiet background while you read. The humour is lightest at the start and fades as the episode becomes calmer.

Chapters:

0:00 One Hand's Width Lower

52:19 Where the Rain Goes

1:21:35 The Church Beneath the Path

1:45:27 Lamps Before Dawn

2:15:23 Fire ambience

Fire ambience: "Little fire.ogg" by Glaneur de sons, CC BY 3.0.

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The Workers Who Wrote Down Every Sick Day for 200 Years. Settle in for a calm, softly spoken history for sleep story built for bedtime listening.

Tonight's connected stories: The Red Reasons on Limestone, The Crew Behind the Painted Wall, Three Spikes and a Household Message, and The Grain That Did Not Arrive.

About two hours of softly spoken narration with gentle fire ambience to help you fall asleep, ease insomnia, relax, study, or enjoy as quiet background while you read. The humour is lightest at the start and fades as the episode becomes calmer.

Chapters:

0:00 The Red Reasons on Limestone

36:40 The Crew Behind the Painted Wall

59:59 Three Spikes and a Household Message

1:20:08 The Grain That Did Not Arrive

1:41:22 Fire ambience

Fire ambience: "Little fire.ogg" by Glaneur de sons, CC BY 3.0.

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The Emperor Whose Capital Was Rebuilt Every Single Night. Settle in for a calm, softly spoken history for sleep story built for bedtime listening.

Tonight's connected stories: The City Built Before Dawn, A Message Through a City With No Address, What the Animals Could Carry All Day, and Canvas After the Lamps Go Low.

More than two hours of softly spoken narration with gentle fire ambience to help you fall asleep, ease insomnia, relax, study, or enjoy as quiet background while you read. The humour is lightest at the start and fades as the episode becomes calmer.

Chapters:

0:00 The City Built Before Dawn

53:35 A Message Through a City With No Address

1:25:04 What the Animals Could Carry All Day

1:52:04 Canvas After the Lamps Go Low

2:18:10 Fire ambience

Fire ambience: "Little fire.ogg" by Glaneur de sons, CC BY 3.0.

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The People Who Watched the Moon for 18 Years Straight. Settle in for a calm, softly spoken history for sleep story built for bedtime listening.

Tonight's connected stories: The Split Point on the Rim, The Beam from Far Mountains, The Small Room Inside the Great House, and The Roads Beyond the Water.

About two hours of softly spoken narration with gentle fire ambience to help you fall asleep, ease insomnia, relax, study, or enjoy as quiet background while you read. The humour is lightest at the start and fades as the episode becomes calmer.

Chapters:

0:00 The Split Point on the Rim

36:02 The Beam from Far Mountains

1:00:15 The Small Room Inside the Great House

1:19:51 The Roads Beyond the Water

1:39:59 Fire ambience

Fire ambience: "Little fire.ogg" by Glaneur de sons, CC BY 3.0.

Watch Sleep vs History on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/@SleepVsHistory