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CLASSIC AND ROMANTIC NAMES FROM THE STORIES
ALONSO:
This is the name of the King of Naples in William Shakespeare’s 'The
Tempest'.
ARIEL:
An airy spiritual character from William Shakespeare’s play 'The
Tempest'.
AVONLEA:
lea, tract of open land or meadow within the shire of Avon England.
From the book 'Anne of Avonlea' by Canadian author Lucy Maud
Montgomery
BEN LEDI:
A mountain in the Highlands of Scotland overlooking the town of
Callander as mentioned in Sir Walter Scott's poem 'Lady of the
Lake'.
BLEAK HOUSE:
Taken from the Charles Dickens (1812-1870) novel of the same name.
CAIR
PARAVEL:
the name of the castle from the story ‘The
Chronicles of Narnia’ by C.S.Lewis. 'that wonderful hall with the
ivory roof and the west door all hung with peacock's feathers and
the eastern door which opens right onto the sea'.
CALLANDER:
a town on the River Teith and was a romantic and scenic setting for
Sir Walter Scott's poem 'Lady of the Lake'.
CAMELOT:
a city of perfection according to legend and the home of King
Arthur’s great court. It was Arthur’s Camelot that drew
knights from far and wide to join the Fellowship of the Round Table.
It was from here that knights would set forth to seek honour, to
avenge wrongs and to win ladies and renown. Camelot became a
Broadway musical in 1960.
CARLOWRIE:
A novel title by Scottish author Annie S. Swan (1859 - 1943) A
town in Manitoba, Canada.
CASHELMARA:
Taken from the romantic novel by Susan Howatch, this Georgian
mansion in Galway, Ireland, was the ancestral home to Edward de
Salis.
CHAUCER:
Geoffrey Chaucer 1343 -1400 was regarded as one of the greatest
English poets who was responsible for the masterpiece, 'Canterbury
Tales'. He was buried in Westminster Abbey which was quite an honour
for a commoner.
EDELWEISS:
this perennial plant of the Asteraceae family, can be found in the
mountainous parts of Europe and South America. It was also brought
to prominence in a song from the popular 1959 Rodgers and
Hammerstein Broadway musical 'The Sound of Music'.
ELSINORE:
this Danish port was the setting for William Shakespeare’s play
'Hamlet' 1601.
EXCELSIOR:
from the Latin meaning higher. The word was popularized in a poem
of the same name by Longfellow c1842.
FAWLTY TOWERS:
The hotel run by Basil and Sybil Fawlty located in the seaside town
of Torquay.
FLORIN:
a mystical town in Italy where Buttercup and Wesley fell in love, in
the story The Princess Bride.
GLENBOGLE:
This castle is featured in the Scottish television
series, Monarch of the Glen. Glenbogle House is actually named
Ardverikie Castle located on the shores of Loch Laggan, between
Newtonmore and Spean Bridge in the Scottish Highlands.
GLUBBDUBDRIB:
This is the name of the island of sorcerers. taken from the Jonathon
Swift novel, Gulliver’s Travels (1726).
GOLDENEYE:
This is the name of James Bond author, Ian Fleming’s (1908-1964)
home, which he built on the north coast of Jamaica. Regarded as his
ideal home, it had no hot water plumbing, air-conditioning or glass
in its windows, but soon became one of the most envied. The common
Goldeneye (Bucephala Clangula Americana) is a type of duck
found mostly throughout north America and Canada.
GREEN ACRES:
was the name of a sixties television show starring Eva Gabor. Also;
a home in Beverly Hills, California, boasting 44 rooms, 12 fountains
and a Olympic sized pool. It is now a frequent site of fund-raising
parties for the Democratic party.
GREEN GABLES:
this was the setting for the classic children’s novel, 'Anne of
Green Gables' by Canadian writer, Lucy Maude Montgomery in 1908.
Green Gables, a farmhouse, has now become a museum.
GREYSTONE PARK:
This Tudor mansion was built in Beverly Hills in 1928 with its 55
rooms and 16 acre grounds. This home was used in many Hollywood
movies including The Witches of Eastwick and The Bodyguard.
GWENDOLEN:
Taken from the Oscar Wild play, 'The Importance of Being Ernest' ,
with the character being Miss Gwendolen Fairfax. This Welsh name
most likely means gwen ‘white’, ‘fair’ and dolen,
‘ring’, ‘bow’.
HARTFIELD: This Georgian
home is taken from the 1815 novel 'Emma' by Jane Austen which was
home to Emma and her father Mr.Woodhouse.
HEATHCLIFFE:
a rather wild and dangerous character in the story 'Wuthering
Heights' by Emily Brontë
HESPERUS:
The poem, Wreck Of The Hesperus, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
(1807- 1892)
tells the sad story of a schooner that crashes onto rocks on a
stormy night.
HIAWATHA:
From the Henry Wadsworth Longfellow poem 'The Song of Hiawatha'
(1855) came the story of the legendary 15th-century chief
of the Onondaga tribe of American Indians. The name is said to mean
‘he makes rivers’.
HIGH NOON:
Regarded by critics as possibly one of the best western movies ever
made. Released in 1952 with an all star cast featuring Gary Cooper,
Lloyd Bridges and Grace Kelly.
ILIAD (THE):
This epic poem was written by Homer, a Greek Poet of the 8th
century BC. It is believed that he lived in Ionia and was thought to
be blind. This poem has had a profound influence on Western culture.
IMOGEN:
This name first appeared in Shakespeare’s Cymbeline and is thought
to have a Celtic origin meaning ‘girl or ‘maiden’.
IVANHOE:
the knight of 'Ivanhoe' was Wilfred, in the 1819 Sir Walter Scott
novel. The name came from the town of Livinghow in Berkshire, U.K.
KISMET:
taken from Turkish 'qismet' meaning fate,
destiny. A small town in south-west Kansas, USA. Kismet has been a
popular musical since the 1950s, but first hit the stage as a play
in 1911.
KNOCKNAGOW:
This name means ‘the hill of the blacksmith’ and is the title of a
book published by Charles J. Kickham in 1879. The book became the
most popular of all Irish novels and for many years could be found
in most Irish homes. Kickham was sentenced to fourteen years
imprisonment in 1866 for his views, but was released three years
later.
LOCHNAGAR:
located in Scotland's Grampian region, this mountain ridge, was
popularized in the 19th century by Lord Byron's poem
'Lachin y Gair',
and has 11 summits. It has the meaning of 'goat lake' , which was
originally given to a small loch at its base.
LONGBOURN:
One
of the Georgian mansions and home to the Bennet family from the Jane
Austen 1813 classic,'Pride and Prejudice' .
LOTHLÓRIEN:
the
ancient forest home of the Galadrim, middle-earth's most beautiful
race of elves who dwelt in the trees and dreamed at the stars.
MANDALAY:
this was the home of Rebecca from the story
'Rebecca' (1938) by
Daphne DuMaurier which was an Alfred Hitchcock directed film in
1940.
MANSFIELD PARK: The setting
for the 1814 novel of same name by Jane Austen.
The character of poor Fanny Price is
brought up at Mansfield Park with her rich uncle and aunt.
MONTROSE:
The 19th-century Scottish Romantic writer Sir Walter Scott's penned
the classic “A Legend of Montrose” in 1819. This town is located in
the Region of Angus, Scotland and although priding itself on having
the most peaceful history in the country, it is also the birthplace
of Scotland’s greatest soldier, the Marquis of Montrose, James
Graham.
NETHERFIELD PARK:
Home to the Bingley family from the Jane Austen 1813 classic
'Pride
and Prejudice' .
NORLAND: A substantial
estate in Sussex taken from the Jane Austen 1811 novel
'Sense and
Sensibility'.
NORTHANGER ABBEY: The setting for the 1817 novel of same name by
Jane Austen.
OBERON:
Taken from Shakespeare’s A Mid-summer Night’s Dream (1595).
Oberon was the king of the fairies and the husband of Titania
PEMBERLEY:
One
of the classic Georgian mansions from the Jane Austen 1813 classic
'Pride and Prejudice' and residence to Mr Darcy. The real name to
the property is Lyme Park located in Cheshire and was used for the
external scenes of the tele-movie.
PENMARRIC:
In the romantic novel by Susan Howatch, this mansion in Cornwall,
UK, is to where the sensitive Mark Castallack brings his bride
Janna.
RIVENDELL:
the name of The Hobbit’s house in the children’s book
'The
Hobbit' and
'The Lord of the Rings' by John Ronald Reuel Tolkien in
1937
ROSINGS: Another
of the classic mansions from the Jane Austen 1813 classic,'Pride and
Prejudice'. The home was located in Kent
SHIRALEE:
A burden or bundle. A powerful and poignant novel by D'Arcy Niland
which captured the spirit of the Australian bush. The original movie
featured Peter Finch.
SOTHERTON: A
classic Elizabethan mansion from the Jane Austen classic,'Mansfield
Park'
which was home
to
Mr Rushworth.
THRUSHCROSS GRANGE:
a residence in the story
'Wuthering Heights' by Emily Brontë
TINTERN ABBEY:
One of the memorable poems by William Wordsworth
1770–1850,
with the inspiration coming from the abbey located near Chepstow,
Monmouthshire, south Wales. It was founded in 1131.
WAKEFIELD:
from the novel
'The Vicar of Wakefield' by Irish born playwright
Oliver Goldsmith 1730-1774. A town in the West Yorkshire whose
name refers to a 'wake', or festivities held in a 'field'. It was an
annual event that is still observed in some parts of north England.
WAVERLEY:
Edward 'Waverley' was the hero, in Sir Walter Scott's first novel
(1814). The location being Waverley Abbey near Farnham, Surrey, U.K.
WILDFELL HALL:
an Elizabethan mansion of dark grey stone from the Anne Brontë
story, 'The Tenant of Wildfell Hall' written in 1848
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