The Historical Geography of the Wizarding World

[Diana Walter]

No: HPFGUIDX 90075

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "john_the_walker82" 
<john_the_walker82 at y...> wrote:

> "...two figures shrouded in hoods sat at a table in one of the 
> windows; Hary might have thought them Dementors if they had not 
been 
> talking in strong Yorkshire accents..." (OotP Uk edition, Ch. 16, 
> p.300)
> So, two Yorkshire wizards in Scotland, or is Hogwarts a hundred 
> miles south of where we all thought?

Me (daw):

Yorkshire wizards in Scotland? Why not? The Hog's Head is in 
Hogsmeade, after all, which is the only entirely wizarding 
settlement around; it would be entirely possible that they had both 
grown up elsewhere, decided they wanted a more wizard-friendly 
environment, and moved to Hogsmeade as adults. Or maybe they were 
visiting on either business or pleasure.   --daw