Places: Elsewhere in Britain



Aldershot:
 Mrs Conyers's sister: KO 44
 Uncle Giles staying in: KO 50, 72
 Kitchener's army in training: KO 76
 NJ attends course at:
  described: VB 121-2, 131
  other references to: VB 108, 118, 121-2, 143, 151, 176, 178, 184; SA 39, 106, 108, 130-2; HSH 186
 the Glasshouse: VB 66, 72-3
 Laffan's Plain: VB 131, 141
 Stonehurst – NJ's childhood home:
  described: KO 9, 11-13, 63
  isolation: KO 8, 24-6, 53-4, 70, 73; VB 121; HSH 35
  feeds NJ's imagination through:
   the surroundings: KO 7-8, 13
   kitchen relationships: KO 18-19, 21-3, 46, 135, 154-5
   the ghosts: KO 7-10, 36, 45-6, 55-6, 77, 109; VB 121
  as a place of ill omen  suitable for the Furies: KO 31, 45, 53, 77, 83, 89-90, 158, 204, 256
  memories of: KO 78, 83-4, 143, 152-3, 189, 192, 210; VB 121, 128, 203; MP 221; TK 202, 281
 Dr Trelawney's place: KO 31-7, 67; HSH 35, 120-1
Aylesbury  Uncle Giles heard of in: AW 11
Bath  Dr Brightman uses to illustrate incongruity of the Venice singer: TK 22
Birmingham:
 Odo Stevens from: VB 123, 142; SA 108, 132-3
 Tone Poem Vieux Port performed in: SA 132-3
Black Country, the  Blitz reminds NJ of forges in: SA 15
Bournemouth ?:
 Moreland conducts orchestra in: CCR 97; KO 144
 the Bellevue:
  described: KO 151-2
  scene of:
   Uncle Giles' death: KO 144, 148-65, 185-205; MP 142
   reappearance of Bob Duport: KO 165-72, 186-204
   episode with Dr Trelawney: KO 155-6, 186-201, 204; VB 121
 the crematorium  Uncle Giles' funeral: KO 204-5
 the Royal Hotel  NJ's evening with Bob Duport: KO 170, 172, 174-85, 193
Brighton:
 Mr Deacon and: BM 9, 11; CCR 16; CCR 34; KO 83
 NJ's father stationed near: BM 11
 first meeting between Mr Deacon and NJ's father: BM 11; KO 83
 Matilda performs at: KO 246
 1st Earl of Warminster dies at: BDFR 50
Bristol  Albert's "girl from": KO 10, 47, 53
Cambridge  Byron in when he writes to Lady Caroline: VB 180
Cardiff  Bracey's brother: KO 15
Cardigan  Albert worked in: KO 10
Caversham  Foppa and Dicky Umfraville attend trotting races at: AW 161; LM 180
the Channel Islands  Uncle Giles heard of in: AW 11
Chelmsford  Uncle Giles heard of in: AW 11
Cheltenham  Jo Breen pulls horse at: VB 163
Colchester  NJ lived in as a boy: QU 174
Cowes:
 Stringham meets Le Bas at: BM 111
 Lord Vowchurch and the Conyers' engagement: LM 89
Croydon  Kedward's aunt lives in: VB 18
Cumberland  Albert worked in: KO 10
the Curragh  Lord Warrington's house on: QU 62
Cwm Shenkin  roots of the Jenkins family: QU 17
Dartmoor  NJ imagines Widmerpool imprisoned for spying: TK 228
Dover  Uncle Giles heard of in: AW 11
Edinburgh  Moreland working in: SA 8
Epsom  racing at: CCR 172
Essex  Mrs Foxe follows Norman Chandler to: VB 173-4; SA 79
Eton (though never named as such):
 described: BDFR 219-20, 244
 NJ's school:
  Le Bas's house:
   described: QU 11-13
   scene of first episodes: QU 6-36
  the chapel: QU 51-3
  the library:
   described: BDFR 245
   NJ re-encounters Le Bas in: BDFR 244-53
  Chu's desire to attend: MP 60
  NJ's son to attend: BDFR 219
 the countryside around:
  described: QU 6-7, 40
  scene of Braddock alias Thorne: QU 39-48
Glamis  the monster of: CCR 142
the Great West Road:
 NJ takes Jean in his arms: AW 71, 144; MP 157
 NJ travels with attachés: MP 157
Greenford, Middlesex  Foppa and Umfraville in trotting races at: AW 154, 161
Hawthorn Hill  NJ see General Conyers at point-to-points: LM 72
Henley:
 Le Bas's rowing success at: QU 34
 scene of Bob Duport's notorious crash: QU 191

Isle of Man  Uncle Giles heard of in: QU 65, 67
NJ's local area:
 home as setting for:
  the visit of Murtlock's band: HSH 5-10, 14-30
  NJ and Isobel watching TV: HSH 39-46
  the bonfire which resurrects Mr Deacon: HSH 225-7, 251-2
 the surrounding area:
  the Devil's Fingers:
   described: HSH 29, 139, 159
   in relation to the quarry inquiry: HSH 25, 138-9, 143-4, 151, 176
   legends surrounding: HSH 27-8, 144-5, 148-50, 158
   Murtlock's midsummer orgy: HSH 146-9, 152-7, 161-2, 169, 171-2, 176, 179, 197, 246
  farms belonging to:
   Ernie Dunch: HSH 143, 148, 150
   Mr Gauntlett: HSH 20, 21-4, 27
  the ruined mill: HSH 24-5, 143
  neighbouring quarries:
  a) triggers "Dance" memories in HSH:
    blasting: HSH 5, 21-2, 34-5, 225, 252
    and Mr Deacon's painting: HSH 5, 138, 229, 231
  b) the inquiry concerning:
    problem of the Devil's Fingers: HSH 25, 138-9, 143-4, 151
    public expedition:
     as part of: HSH 138-51, 158-61
      NJ meets Gwinnett HSH 150-9, 161
  Gwinnett stays at pub in: HSH 152, 158
Lingfield  Buster Foxe killed at: TK 7
Liverpool  Bracey's brother: KO 15
Luton  Bracey visits sister-in-law: KO 14, 52
Maidenhead  Peter Templer's house:
 described: AW 72-4
 scene of weekend visit by NJ: AW 46, 72-112; KO 178; HSH 237-8
 sold after Mona's departure: LM 101
 repository for Duport's seascapes: HSH 237-8
 also mentioned: AW 46, 193
Manchester  Killick lectures at instead of dining with NJ: BDFR 9
Melton Mowbray  Lord Vowchurch rides horse upstairs at: LM 199
Mytchett  Robert Tolland stationed at: VB 148, 166, 172, 175
Northern Ireland:
 NJ's Battalion posted in:
  destination suspected: VB 19, 41
  Battalion HQ:
   described: VB 50-1
   area surrounding:
    disembarkation at: VB 47-50,
    exercises in: VB 80-104, 220-3
   the Mess: HSH 245
  Castlemallock:
   the house  see Places b)country houses
   the town:
    M'Coy's bar: VB 189, 191
    Maureen's bar: VB 191-199, 221
    other references to: VB 221, 246
   the countryside around:
    the path from the butts: VB 77-8
    the journey to Div HQ: VB 247-8
  Divisional HQ:
   NJ's arrival at: VB 248-54; SA 8, 24-5, 28
   'F' Mess:
    described: SA 22-3
    NJ's billet: SA 8-9, 22-3, 65-72, 163-6, 221
    Stringham waiter in: SA 68-72
   Widmerpool's office: SA 24-34, 59-63, 72-5, 84-7, 168-70, 181-209; TK 218
   the Mobile Laundry: SA 209-12, 216-8; TK 212
   the sports field:
    Defence Platoon battery on: SA 10-11, 20-1
    NJ walks round with Bithel: SA 11-20
    cricket pavilion:
     the lost key: SA 14, 219
     Biggs's suicide: SA 219, 221
   the area surrounding:
    the city (Belfast) in the Blitz: SA 9-11, 14-17, 19-22, 44-5, 135, 179-81, 183
    farmhouse (as Advance HQ): SA 36-59, 167-8
    streets:
     NJ with Stringham: SA 75-83, 173, 213-6
     Bithel found drunk: SA 172-80
 Caroline Lovell's husband posted to: HSH 209
Nottingham  Stanley Jeavons accountant in: KO 234
Oxford (though never named as such):
 the university:
  rooms of:
   Short: QU 203-5
   Sillery: QU 170-84; AW 54; BDFR 9-31, 124
   Stringham: QU 205-12
  NJ's college:
   described: BDFR 8
   NJ's undergraduate rooms: QU 195-9, 214-7
   revisited for research on Burton: BDFR 8, 32, 84
   Jeremy Warminster Fellow of: HSH 178
  Mark Members lectures at: BDFR 12, 26
 railway station: BDFR 5, 34-9
 road to London from: QU 185-94
Reading  Uncle Giles and: QU 18, 20, 28; AW 11
Sandhurst  attended by:
 Chu: MP 59-60
 General Conyers: LM 230
 Colonel Hogbourne-Johnson: SA 30
Scotland:
 military bases in:
  possible destination for NJ's battalion: VB 19
  Odo Stevens stationed in: SA 107
  Polish Corps:
   Norah Tolland driving for: SA 160
   Pennistone visits: MP 12-13, 29-30, 36
   supplies for: MP 36, 48
 Priscilla and Stevens living at hotel in: SA 106-7
 Finn's salmon from: MP 233
 Glasgow  Mrs Widmerpool lives with relations near: MP 206-7
 Kirkcudbrightshire  Mrs Widmerpool:
  retires to cottage in: TK 113
  dies in: TK 113
Shropshire  estates of
 Lord Aberavon: BM 56; VB 195-6
 Johnny Pardoe: BM 40, 56, 58, 280; VB 196
Sunningdale  the Foxes living in: BM 110
Suffolk  Billson's family home: KO 19-20, 22, 74
Sussex  Mona and Quiggin living in: AW 181
the Templer's villa:
 described: QU 74
 scene of NJ's stay: QU 74-101
the Thames:
 estuary  Bracey's sister's suicide: KO 15
 Valley  Jo Breen and Joy Grant keep pub in: VB 163-4
Wales:
 North:
  Dr Trelawney's scandal: KO 86-7, 193
  Gwinnett's origins in Gwynedd: TK 54
 South  Gwinnett's "Button" name suggests connection to: TK 54
 South-West  NJ's Battalion stationed in:
  family connections with: VB 5-7
  the town:
   described: VB 5-6
   Church Parade: VB 36-43
  Sardis Chapel:
   described: VB 7-9
   introduction to Company life: VB 7-16
   recalled by Candaules and Gyges story: TK 92-3
  the officers' billet: VB 23-36
  departure from: VB 44-6
The Weald  Donners retires to for duration of false illness: TK 275-6
Weston-Super-Mare  Mrs Creech and second husband in: MP 143
Windsor:
 Dicky Umfraville's Battalion moving to: VB 161
 Chu and the Castle: MP 60

NJ lives in country: TK 279


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