Hunstanton

Hunstanton (sometimes pronounced 'Hanstn') lies on the north-west tip of Norfolk overlooking The Wash. It is a popular seaside resort and is known affectionately as 'Sunny Hunny'. It is famous for its layered cliffs and The Old Lighthouse Teashop.

P.G.Wodehouse (1888-1975)

Between the wars P(elham) G(renville) Wodehouse frequently visited his friend Charles Le Strange at Hunstanton Hall and it became an influence for a number of the locations in his comic novels. It became Aunt Agatha's country seat Woollam Chersey and also the inspiration for the setting for Money for Nothing (1928). The octagon in the garden also featured in Jeeves and the Impending Doom. Norfolk also furnishes the names of many of the colourful characters in the books e.g. Lord Brancaster, Jack Snettisham and J Sheringham Adair.

Hunstanton Hall

L(eslie) P(oles) Hartley knew Hunstanton and the surrounding area well from childhood holidays and he used it as a setting for The Shrimp and the Anemone (1944 - the first novel in his trilogy. It is to Hunstanton Hall (fictionalised as Anchorstone Hall) that Eustace enters the privileged world of the aristocracy and eventually inherits a small fortune.

The famous layered cliffs at Hunstanton (consisting of chalk, red chalk and carstone) also provide the backdrop for Eustace and Hilda's games among the rock pools.

See also Bradenham.

Hunstanton Cliffs.

Links:

Hunstanton Website

P.G. Wodehouse Society