Origin Dunwich (Lovecraft)



abandoned barn in athol, massachusetts



lovecraft may have named town after lost port of dunwich in suffolk, england. town subject (though not mentioned name) of algernon charles swinburne s poem north sea , in anthology owned lovecraft. dunwich appears in arthur machen s novella terror (1917), lovecraft known have read.


lovecraft have been inspired other new england towns names ending in -wich, such ipswich near salem, massachusetts, east , west greenwich in rhode island, , greenwich, massachusetts, rural town has since been flooded create quabbin reservoir. although english town pronounced dun-ich (similar rhode island greenwiches), lovecraft never specified how preferred dunwich pronounced.


lovecraft said have based dunwich on athol, massachusetts, , other towns in western massachusetts. s. t. joshi has seen dunwich being influenced east haddam, connecticut, location of devil s hopyard, moodus noises, , witch tradition.


in may case of coincidence, there town in massachusetts named whately. wilbur whately main antagonist in dunwich horror. town of whately located in rural massachusetts, near connecticut river.








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