Devonshire, UK: where you can do everything from surfing to getting stuck in a peat bog (now doesn't that sound appetizing?).
It is the home of clotted cream and scrumpy.
Largest towns are Plymouth and Exeter.
Sir Francis Drake launched from there on campaign to defeat the Spanish Armada.
Known for lacemaking, including the wedding gown of Queen Victoria, and the christening gown of her firstborn son. The gown is still used by the royal family.
The reason for all the thatched roofs comes from the building materials used for the cottages--they are mostly mud and straw, which would not support anything heavier than a thatch.
If you want to look a little more deeply, here are a few links:
Devon Ancestry (there's a really good map on this page)
Dartmoor is a roughly 370 square mile section of moorland in Devon.
It was the setting for Conan Doyle's Hound of the Baskervilles (another story of murder and dogs on the moor)
Known for stone circles.
Said to be the haunt of pixies.
Most of the land is privately owned by the Duke of Cornwall, some small parcels are owned by businesses or public interests, and the rest is common land.
Receives an average of 80 inches of rain per year
Average low in winter is 34, average high in summer is 64.
Further info:
Images:
Okehampton Castle I think that this may at least be the inspiration for the castle referred in the show. Here is some history on it.
More than you ever wanted to know about thatching.
Up next: Jez Butterworth.
Thanks all!
Sarah
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