WOLFHAMPCOTE or Wulfencote as they used to say! If you are cruising along the South Oxford canal from Braunston Junction towards Oxford you will pass the medieval village of Wolfhampcote. You may not notice as it was abandoned in the late 14 th  Century after a nasty outbreak of plague they think. There remains the church of St.Peter, that is, apparently, a friendless church. It is not a ruin as you might expect but was restored by an organisation known as “The Friends of Friendless Churches” and if that doesn't bring a tear to your eye nothing will. Looking in the opposite direction there are mounds and undulations which are the remains of the original village buildings. As a matter of interest there are estimated to be as many as 3,000 deserted medieval villages in England so if we came across any more...