In the 10th century, Wessex was effectively all of England south of the Humber. But I guess that's not quite what you're thinking of!
Quote from: citoyen on 07 January, 2018, 01:23:58 pmInteresting idea. Hardy’s Casterbridge is based on Dorchester. He used a lot of real places with fictional names. I used to think Borchester must be Birmingham but Brum exists independently in the Archerverse. Borchester could be Warwick or Coventry, perhaps. Barchester is somewhere else, I think. Not sure where though. Winchester? Salisbury?I think of Middlemarch as probably being somewhere in Leicestershire, or maybe Notts. Arnold Bennett’s Five Towns is a thinly disguised Stoke on Trent, which was formed as an amalgamation of six towns. One of the towns, Burslem, is used as a setting in The Old Wives Tale, but reappears as the fictionalised Bursley in Clayhanger.Borchester is usually deemed to be Worcester, not being far from Inkeberrow that is reputed to be Ambridge (even with The Bull pub - actually there are two, The Bull's Head and The Old Bull - the latter being stuffed with Archer-ish stuff)Someone with a sense of humour named the medical centre in Inkberrow "Grey Gable Surgery"AND still on the Archers - I stood behind Tony Archer at the checkout in the Stratford Waitrose last Sunday.Rob
Interesting idea. Hardy’s Casterbridge is based on Dorchester. He used a lot of real places with fictional names. I used to think Borchester must be Birmingham but Brum exists independently in the Archerverse. Borchester could be Warwick or Coventry, perhaps. Barchester is somewhere else, I think. Not sure where though. Winchester? Salisbury?I think of Middlemarch as probably being somewhere in Leicestershire, or maybe Notts. Arnold Bennett’s Five Towns is a thinly disguised Stoke on Trent, which was formed as an amalgamation of six towns. One of the towns, Burslem, is used as a setting in The Old Wives Tale, but reappears as the fictionalised Bursley in Clayhanger.
Well that's the more blunt way of putting it but as usual he's dead right.
Quote from: clarion on 08 January, 2018, 04:02:50 pmWarmington-on-Sea (I thought 'Walmington' myself) is definitely described as a town on the South Coast. Just looked it up on Wiki - you're right about the spelling:"Walmington-on-Sea is on the south coast of England which, following the evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force from Dunkirk during the Second World War, found itself on the front line against Hitler. It is in Sussex and the nearest large town is Eastbourne."Pevensey?
Warmington-on-Sea (I thought 'Walmington' myself) is definitely described as a town on the South Coast.
^ This woman knows what she's talking about.