When Zeal and Lytchett’s eyes met across the village square | Letters
Readers respond to Adrian Chiles’s article on the sweet spot between quaint rural place names and nominative determinismHow could Adrian Chiles have overlooked Dorset, where quaint village-naming meets nominative determinism...
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Readers respond to Adrian Chiles’s article on the sweet spot between quaint rural place names and nominative determinism How could Adrian Chiles have overlooked Dorset, where quaint village-naming meets nominative determinism ( From Bentley Pauncefoot to Yetts O’Muckhart, I’m obsessed with Britain’s weirdly named villages, 7 October )? The county is home to the three Matravers brothers: dark and cruel Langton, squandering the family fortune at the gambling tables; Worth, a one-nation Tory and local vicar with a floppy fringe; and youngest brother Lytchett, who was probably something of an afterthought for his parents and who launches social projects but never quite follows them through. Continue reading...