Kingscote School for Girls

Kingscote School for Girls is a fictional girls' boarding school created by Antonia Forest, where four of her Marlow family books are set.

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It is located in Wade Abbas - a fictional town elevated to city status by the presence of Wade Minster, a cathedral. Although the books were initially set in a mythical landscape taking in elements from all over southern Britain, from Sussex to Pembrokeshire, it later became clear that they were set in a fictionalised version of Dorset, and as such Wade Abbas appears to be based on Wimborne Minster, although the actual Minster in that town is not a cathedral, and so Wimborne is not a city. It might also be based partially on Wells - in one of the later Marlow books, The Attic Term (1976), there is a hippie settlement in the town, which might well genuinely have happened in Wells because of its proximity to Glastonbury. However, the "Abbas" in the name of the town suggests strongly that the writer had Dorset in mind.

Related Topics:
Cathedral - Britain - Sussex - Pembrokeshire - Dorset - Wimborne Minster - Wells - 1976 - Hippie - Glastonbury

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It should be pointed out that there is a real boarding school just outside Wimborne - Canford School, formerly boys-only and now co-educational.

Related Topics:
Boarding school - Canford School

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