Tilling (Sussex)

Porpoise Street, Tilling (Mermaid Street, Rye)

Tilling is a fictional coastal town, based on Rye, East Sussex, in the Mapp and Lucia novels of Edward Frederic Benson (1867–1940).[1]

  1. ^ Hunter, Jackie (25 May 2003). "In search of...Mapp and Lucia in Rye ; E F Benson's bickering heroines lived in an East Sussex town suspiciously similar to this one. Jackie Hunter hears the gossip". The Independent. ProQuest 336896473.