Not to go to far off topic DaveTheTrain, but in Kent you have to move slightly sideways from the idea that an isolated church marks the site of a deserted/lost village due to the Black Death, or other pestilence. Its more that the church evolved from the private chapel/church of the manorial lord. Sometimes the village moves towards the church, whilst other times it forms away from it and they have to commute. This is why you frequently see the local manor house/court lodge near the church.
