Emily and her father are welcomed by peasants living in the shadows of the Villeroi chateau. Monsieur St. Aubrey is "agitated" to discover this, and mentions that they must be "so near Le-Blanc" (95). The Villeroi estate is the most haunting setting provided in the novel at the point of its debut. The mystery of the Villeroi family later plays a significant role in the novel.

Goodrich Castel is a real-life castle that William Wordsworth visited in his lifetime. One of those visits caused the inspiration of the poem "We Are Seven."The castle has stood since the 11th century and was named after an English landowner named Godric- who built the first castle. What remains today is because of William de Valence, Henry III's half-brother.  Valence had the castle rebuilt in the late 13th century. Little changed the castle until 1646. That is when a two-month siege put the defenses of the castle to the test.

William Blake was born in Soho, London in 1757. It was in this church, built by Christopher Wren on the 11th of December 1757 that Blake was christened. However, there is controversy surrounding Blake's chhristening, as the appropriate place should've been his home parish, St. Anne's Soho. This is also relevant to Blake's writing as directly across the street was the former home of physicist Isaac Newton, whom Blake scorned for ignoring the spiritual in his philosophy.