[HPforGrownups] Stockwell Orphanage

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No: HPFGUIDX 89765

Geoff wrote:
>In rural areas perhaps. But there are many very sizeable Baptist
>churches which were established in urban areas dating back a long
>way. And we are talking of the mid-20th century.

Agreed very much. But the impression that I get from the books is that
Hangleton _is_ a rural village rather than an urban area (there's the
implication that there's just one pub, the police station is down the road
in Great Hangleton, etc). A lot of traditional social attitudes persisted in
the most rural areas, probably down to the late 60s or 70s, and the Welsh
borders were at that time particularly isolated in that respect.

So while it's not impossible that the Riddles were Baptists (they could,
after all, have been urban rich who bought the local estate for prestige
reasons), if they were "old" gentry then it's less likely

Cheers

Ffred

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