A-Z of Fictional Places.

[Lindum]

Places in legend, myth or fiction.

A - Avalon. Island featuring in Arthurian legend where Excalibur was forged and where Arthur was taken to recover from his wounds after the battle of Camlann.

 

[herringthorpe]

B BESPIN - a gas planet in Empire Strikes Back from Star Wars.

 

[Lindum]

C - Camelot. Legendary castle associated with Arthurian legend.

 

[mikemiller]

D DINGLEY DELL (for a "double") - fictional place in the novel "Pickwck Papers" by Charles Dickens. The novel was originally published serially 1836-37. "Dingly Dell" is also the title of a Lindisfarne album (1972).

 

[herringthorpe]

E EAST Proctor - Northern English town with a werewolf problem in An American Werewolf in London

 

[Lindum]

F - for a double: Frostbite Falls. Fictional town in Minnesota home to Rocky and Bullwinkle in the cartoon TV series.

 

[mikemiller]

... or FULCHESTER - home of many of the Viz comic characters. e.g. Billy the Fish was the goalkeeper of Fulchester United. Loosely based on Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
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G GOTHAM CITY - home of crime-fighter superhero, Batman. First featured in printed comic strips in 1940, then later on tv and in films. Loosely based on New York City.

 

[Lindum]

Or, G - Gondor. Most prominent of the human kingdoms of Middle Earth in The Lord of the Rings.

 

[sixpence]

H - HAPPY Valley - supposedly in Yorkshire. A tv police drama starring Sarah Lancashire. Very good.

 

[mikemiller]

I IGNITION CITY - location in the sci-fi comic book series of the same name, written by Warren Ellis (2009). Haven't read it.

 

[herringthorpe]

J JACKSONBURG - from the book Scoop by Evelyn Waugh

 

[Lindum]

K - Krypton. Home planet of DC Comics character, Superman.

 

[mikemiller]

L LYMESWOLD - imaginary place where a type of English white soft cheeese was supposed to have been produced. The name was based on Wymeswold, Leics, but the cheese was actually produced in Somerset (1982-92). I did try some - quite pleaant, a bit like Brie. The name became an in-joke in relation to fake marketing brands.

 

[Lindum]

L LYMESWOLD - imaginary place where a type of English white soft cheeese was supposed to have been produced. The name was based on Wymeswold, Leics, but the cheese was actually produced in Somerset (1982-92). I did try some - quite pleaant, a bit like Brie. The name became an in-joke in relation to fake marketing brands.

Well, Mike, I never knew that. Not sure I've ever tried it but may have as my wife brings in all kinds of cheeses to try.

 

[herringthorpe]

M MELCHESTER - where Roy of the Rovers played

 

[mikemiller]

... original comic strip was in "The Tiger" (1954). "Roy of the Rovers" later became a comic in its own right. (I was thinking the same, Caz).

 

[Lindum]

M MELCHESTER - where Roy of the Rovers played

Used to read it every week in the Tiger in the 1950s - my first football hero.

 

[Lindum]

... original comic strip was in "The Tiger" (1954). "Roy of the Rovers" later became a comic in its own right. (I was thinking the same, Caz).

We must have been typing at same time, Mike!

 

[Lindum]

Or, M - Metropolis. City in Fritz Lang's 1927 silent classic of the same name.

 

[sixpence]

NARNIA - The chronicles of Narnia by CS Lewis a series of fantasies. (not my cup of tea!)