This episode Mike & Will false-start their way through the unfinished M.R. James manuscript ‘Merfield Hall’ (or should that be ‘Merfield House’?). Big thanks to our reader this episode Debbie Wedge. Show notes: ‘Merfield Hall’ manuscript (Ghosts & Scholars) What exists of the manuscript(s) for this story can be read online at the Ghosts & Scholars website. Potton, Bedfordshire (Wikipedia) Potton, mentioned in this story, is a real town in North East Bedfordshire. Fishing temple at Southill Park, Bedfordshire (bedfordshire.gov.uk) Could the fishing temple at Southill Park, Bedfordshire be an inspiration for the one mentioned in this story? Charles Cotton’s fishing temple (derbyshireuk.net) The most famous of all fishing temples, that made famous by Izaak Walton, author or ‘The Compleat Angler’. James Essex (Wikipedia) Architect of the gothic revival James Essex gets a mention in this story as having designed part of the titular house/hall. The Roxburghe Club (Roxburgheclub.org.uk) William Stedman in the story is said to have been a member of this most exclusive of clubs.

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