Flaxborough
Encyclopedia
Flaxborough is a fictitious town in Lincolnshire
, created by author and local journalist Colin Watson as the background for a series of detective novels featuring Detective Inspector Purbright and a cast of similar comic characters.
Flaxborough cannot be precisely identified with any real town from the texts. It was a Borough
, with a borough police force and Chief Constable, a yacht club, and docks. It is often identified with Boston
. But it also had a Cathedral, suggesting identification with Lincoln
itself - although Lincoln, or rather Lincoln Jail, explicitly gets mentioned too. The descriptions of the townscape, and in particular Lucilla Teatime's antiques business or charity offices, most closely resemble Louth
.
In the suitably odd BBC television adaptation Murder Most English, most locations were filmed in Spalding
.
Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire is a county in the east of England. It borders Norfolk to the south east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south west, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire to the west, South Yorkshire to the north west, and the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north. It also borders...
, created by author and local journalist Colin Watson as the background for a series of detective novels featuring Detective Inspector Purbright and a cast of similar comic characters.
Flaxborough cannot be precisely identified with any real town from the texts. It was a Borough
Borough
A borough is an administrative division in various countries. In principle, the term borough designates a self-governing township although, in practice, official use of the term varies widely....
, with a borough police force and Chief Constable, a yacht club, and docks. It is often identified with Boston
Boston, Lincolnshire
Boston is a town and small port in Lincolnshire, on the east coast of England. It is the largest town of the wider Borough of Boston local government district and had a total population of 55,750 at the 2001 census...
. But it also had a Cathedral, suggesting identification with Lincoln
Lincoln, Lincolnshire
Lincoln is a cathedral city and county town of Lincolnshire, England.The non-metropolitan district of Lincoln has a population of 85,595; the 2001 census gave the entire area of Lincoln a population of 120,779....
itself - although Lincoln, or rather Lincoln Jail, explicitly gets mentioned too. The descriptions of the townscape, and in particular Lucilla Teatime's antiques business or charity offices, most closely resemble Louth
Louth, Lincolnshire
Louth is a market town and civil parish within the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England.-Geography:Known as the "capital of the Lincolnshire Wolds", it is situated where the ancient trackway Barton Street crosses the River Lud, and has a total resident population of 15,930.The Greenwich...
.
In the suitably odd BBC television adaptation Murder Most English, most locations were filmed in Spalding
Spalding, Lincolnshire
Spalding is a market town with a population of 30,000 on the River Welland in the South Holland district of Lincolnshire, England. Little London is a hamlet directly south of Spalding on the B1172 road....
.