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2000s: Things are getting spooky in the village of Plummergen
Witch Miss Seeton
What you need to know before your trail
A sudden interest in the occult swept through the English village of Plummergen, with Ouija boards replacing the best china in many a cozy cottage. It might be quite the thing for maiden ladies and persnickity aunts, but it wasn’t Miss Seeton’s cup of tea …until Scotland Yard requested she go undercover to investigate some sinister shenanigans in the Kentish countryside. A flim-flam was afoot in the local witches coven …and magic could be a prelude to murder most foul. Serene amidst every kind of skullduggery, retired art teacher Miss Seeton steps in where Scotland Yard stumbles. Armed with nothing more than her sketchpad and umbrella, she is at every turn the most lovable and unlikely master of detection.
Travel Guide
Where is Plummergen?
It’s fictional but inspired by Appledore in Kent:
Map of Plummergen (c) Hamilton Crane
The author speaks:
Rye (a real place) is 5½ miles south of Plummergen, and Ashford (likewise real) is 15 miles to the east. These aren’t distances on a map, because (using a pair of compasses from my school geometry set) the two locations 15 miles from Ashford and 5½ miles from Rye are both in Sussex rather than Kent.
“Plummergen Station — which, in true English rural tradition, is some two miles south of the village on the road to Romney Marsh – branch left for Ashford” … “Ashford (15 miles east)”: Appledore station is 1½ miles from the centre of Appledore, it’s on Romney Marsh, and the journey to Ashford by road is 15 miles if you take the route past Appledore station.
Miss Seeton’s cottage is “at the southern end of The Street”: sure enough, the main street of Appledore is called just The Street, which seems to confirm the identification of Appledore as the inspiration.
Finally, “Plummergen was only about six miles beyond Brettenden”: After a six mile drive towards London from Appledore we come to Tenterden, which sounds remarkably similar to the invented name.
Booktrail Boarding Pass: Witch Miss Seeton (3)
Destination : Kent, Appledore “Plummergen” Author/Guide: Heron Carvic Departure Time: 2000s
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