ENGLAND: A good place to set my historical romance story?

Question

I'm writing a historical romance and am wondering which place might be a good for setting my story. The place needs to be
a place with lowly rolling hills....vast fields and pastures..... knarled leaves........you know what I mean. I was thinking of Salisbury or Wiltshire.

Anyways, the most important question is . . .whatever region you guys think is best--I need to know two rural villages nearby each other in that region, since the story will have characters moving to and from between the two villages

Answer 1

Salisbury is a good notion. In general the English countryside in the south will have the geographical features you want.

For your two nearby towns, try Bishopstone and Broad Chalke. They're both quite rural seeming, and less than a mile apart. For some reason, Google Maps has excellent satellite coverage of Broad Chalke, and you can see that it's quite beautiful:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=england&ie=UTF8&z=15&ll=51.027468,-1.940117&spn=0.019218,0.054245&t=k&om=1

Bishopstone is directly to the east, but the satellite coverage cuts out nearby.

Wikipedia articles for both towns:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broad_Chalke
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bishopstone%2C_Swindon

Good luck with your story!

Answer 2

i does not base your tale in 2 real cities except you're interior the section and extremely familiar with the cities. If it quite is a fictional tale basically make up the cities. That way you haven't any longer have been given readers who understand the section being distracted via the reality which you have the info incorrect.

Answer 3

Do you actually know anything about England. I mean, not to sound trite, but, write about what you know. If you are unfamiliar with England, it is going to show in your writing.

Answer 4

If you don't know the area, it will sound like a complete hoot.
'Crossing the pond' is very difficult in either direction.

Answer 5

Aren't all of those set in England?