In the novel By the Pricking of My Thumbs, Sutton Chancellor is a small village, and the home of Sir Phillip Starke among others. To get from London to Sutton Chancellor one takes the train from Waterloo Station and changes trains in Market Basing.
Residents in Sutton Chancellor[]
- Sir Phillip Starke
- Nellie Bligh
- Amos and Alice Perry
- Mr and Mrs Copleigh
- The Vicar of Sutton Chancellor
- The Warrender family
- Arthur Thomas, chimney sweep
- Mrs Partington
- Mrs Peake
- Dr Mortimer
- Farmer Hart
- Jeffreys
- Mrs Charrington
- Blodgick
- Miss Margrave
Names in the church in Sutton Chancellor[]
- Captain Warrender
- Major Warrender
- Sarah Elizabeth Warrender, wife of George Warrender
- Julia Starke, wife of Phillip Starke
Names on gravestones in the churchyard in Sutton Chancellor[]
- Mary Warrender, aged 47.
- Alice Warrender, aged 33.
- Colonel John Warrender killed in Afghanistan.
- Various infant Warrenders
- Jane Elwood, departed this life January the 6th, aged 45.
- William Marl, departed this life January the 5th.
- Mary Treves, five years old. March 14th 1835.
- Lily Waters
Places in and around Sutton Chancellor[]
In adaptations[]
In the Agatha Christie's Marple 2006 adaptation the village is renamed Farrell St Edmund and is located in Norfolk. The name Farrel St Edmund is briefly mentioned in the original novel.