Chipping Cleghorn is a large sprawling picturesque English village. It has a butcher, a baker, a grocer, a quite a good antique shop, and two teashops. The village has its own newspaper, the Chipping Cleghorn Gazette.
Chipping Cleghorn is located fifty minutes by bus from Milchester. A village named Locke Hamlet is located in the same parish. Nearby is another village, Little Worsdale.
Residents
At Boulders
At Dayas Hall
At Laburnum Cottage
At Little Paddocks
At the vicarage
- Julian Harmon - vicar
- Diana Harmon - "Bunch"
- Edward Harmon
- Susan Harmon
- Tiglath Pileser
The Easterbrooks
The Swettenhams
Other residents
- Dr Griffiths
- Julia, waitress at the Blue Bird Tea Room and Café
- Mrs Butt and her husband Mr Butt. Their son Johnnie, the paperboy.
- Mr Elliot
- Mrs Finch
- Mr Totman and his wife Mrs Totman
- Jim Huggins, his wife Mrs Huggins
- Reverend Hopkinson
- The Smedleys, selling their 1935 Daimler
- Selina Lawrence, advertising for a cook
- Evans
- Jimmy Symes
- Johnnie Finch
- Mrs Burt
- Dr Griffiths
- Harper
- Jones
- George
- Mr and Mrs Mundy, Jewel St John
- Lampson
Businesses
- A butcher
- A baker
- A grocer
- A quite good antique shop
- Two tea shops (one of them is the Blue Bird Tea Room and Café)
Farms
Appearances
- A Murder is Announced
- Sanctuary (short story)