Notes and Queries for Frederica

Category: Non-London Locations
Quote Category Chapter Notes Queries
Herefordshire non-London location 3 County in west of England; due E of South Wales Now called Hereford & Worcester?
Bath non-London location 3 society watering hole in west England  
Tunbridge Wells non-London location 3 SE of London in Kent. Royal Tunbridge Wells today is a "graceful combination of Georgiana and Victoriana amid parks, vistas and with a vast semi-wild common." Its mineral springs were discovered in 1606 by Lord North. Charles II's mother Queen Henrietta Maria spent six weeks there after his birth.  
Baluchistan non-London location 6 Part of modern Pakistan; controlled by British from late 1800's until partition and independence of India/Pakistan in 1947. In the west, bordering on Iran.  
Newmarket non-London location 8 Roughly 70 miles NE of London in Suffolk;site of famous horse races. Now home to the National Horse Racing Museum.  
Cheveley non-London location 9    
Margate non-London location 9    
Ramsgate non-London location 9    
Ross non-London location 9 Ross-on-Wye, in the Wye Valley in Herefordshire. According to Michelin, this area "has been popular since the late 18C and early 19C when it became one of the resorts of connoisseurs of Romantic scenery."  
Hereford non-London location 9 Capital city of the county of Hereford. Was capital of Saxon Mercia prior to the Norman Conquest. Hereford Cathedral is home of the Mappa Mundi. Does the Mappa Mundi figure in another of GH's books? It sounds familiar
Hampton Court non-London location 13 Tudor palace of Henry VIII, on the Thames 20 miles upstream from central London. Originally built by Cardinal Wolsey but granted to Henry VIII, who resented the grandeur kept by the Cardinal. real business near Hampton Court?
Star and Garter non-London location 13    
the Shires non-London location 16    
Barkby Holt non-London location 16    
the Whissendine non-London location 16    
Moulsey Hurst non-London location 17    
Copthall Common non-London location 17    
Watford non-London location 19 Within 20 miles of central London; one terminus of the Metropolitan Line of the Tube is at Watford.  
Stanmore non-London location 20 Now, northern terminus of Jubilee Line of the Tube. Then?
Berkhamsted non-London location 20    
Essex Arms non-London location 20   real place of business?
King's Langley non-London location 20    
Clipperfield non-London location 20    
Wells non-London location 21 Where Harry went to the races, and was therefore absent when Felix's accident occurred. "England's smallest cathedral city." Cathedral was built from 1175 to 1508, taking more than three centuries. In county of Somerset in the West of England. Information about Wells races?
the Sun non-London location 22   real business in Hemel Hempstead?
Hemel Hempstead non-London location 22 Appears to be about 10 m N of Watford in Hertfordshire.  
Hertfordshire non-London location 23 Country just NW of London  
Edgware non-London location 24 I assume this was a small town on the northern outskirts of Regency London. It is now the terminus of Northern Line of the Tube, in Hertfordshire.  
Somerset non-London location 26 Location of Alver, the Marquis' principal seat. County in SW of England, SW of the county of Avon.  

Last Updated on 7/29/99
By Lisa Borden
Email: lborden@pacbell.net