Flooded village

Nobody drowned when the village was flooded. They had all taken their compulsory purchase money and moved away, leaving no ghosts behind them. 
But the ghosts that were already there were inundated along with their farms, houses and lanes. With the police station, both churches and all four pubs.
Like the Roman legionnaire walking through Cumbria up to his knees in earth, they go about their business out of their element.