See Derwent-Water Here and Here.

Halifax, England is mentioned one time in Jean Rhys' Voyage in the Dark as her character explains, "But instead I started counting all the towns I had been to, the first winter I was on tour -- Wigan, Blackburn, Bury, Oldham, Leeds, Halifax, Huddersfield, Southport." She goes on to describe how all of these locaitons are painfully similar, leaving the audience with the impression that the narrator is not at all impressed with the English countryside.

Linlithgow is a town in West Lothian, Scotland. The town was a center of leather making before devloping rapidly when the Union Canal was opened in the 1820s. The arrival of the railway in 1842 furthered the town's development. It served as the county town until the Council moved to Livingston. Today, Linlithgow is focused more on hospitality and tourism. 

Stirling is a centrally located town in Scotland that gained the title of the royal burgh in approximately the year 1130. Before the combining of the English and Scottish crowns, Stirling Castle was the esteemed home of the Scottish King. There are references to the magnificent castle throughout literature, including in "Recollections of a Tour Made in Scotland", where the narrator comments upon how "the Castle rock resembled that of Stirling".

Holyroodhouse is the monarch of Scotland's official place of residence. It is located in Edinburgh, and it was orginally founced in 1128 as a monastery. Today, however, it remains as a royal palace while simultaneously being open to the public. It is mentioned in the excerpts from Recollections of a Tour Made in Scotland, written by Dorothy Wordsworth. In the excerpt as they travel through Scotland, she walk through many streets that lead to Holyroodhouse. It is fitting that the estate is included in their journey as it is such a historic part of Scotland.

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Jamaican immigrants are the focus of Colonization In Reverse. Unsurprisingly, Jamaica is referenced multiple times throughout the 11 stanza poem: “By de hundred, by de toucan / From country an af from town, / By de ship=load, by de plane-load / Jamaica is Englan bound / Dem a pour out a Jamaica / What an islan!” 

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St. Anthony's Well is a natural spring found in Edinburgh which has a peculiar shape and is thought to be a source of holy water. Its waters are said to have healing properties, being used as a method of alternative healing up into the late 19th century. The water of the spring used to flow from a rock, but this has dried up since the 1950's, though the well is still important to Mayday festivals, in which you are supposed to wash your face with the water and make a wish. The St.

Blackburn, England is an industrial town in Lancashire. Much of its economy for several centuries has been textile production and manufacturing. But, the textile industry started to decline in the early 20th century, and left many people in the area without work or finances.

This will focus on the Caribbean Sea, mentioned in Jean Rhys's, "Voyage in the Dark". The Caribbean Sea is in the Atlantic Ocean and in the Western Hemisphere. It has borders of Mexico, Cuba, South America, and Central America. During the 1930s, there were labour rebellions in the British Caribbean region colonies(Voyage in the Dark was published in 1934). Today, the Carribean Sea is known for the second largest barrier reef in the world, beautiful waters, oil, fishing, and is a hotspot for tourism.

Hudderfield, England is a market town and one of the largest cities is West Yorkshire, England. The rivers Holme, Colne, and Calder flow through the town. The rivers around the town provided soft water required for textile treatment in large weaving sheds, this made it a prominent mill town with an economic boom in the early part of the Victorian era Industrial Revolution.