I think you might want to use an earlier version of Lord Hanningfield as your next Sharpe villain.  I have now read, twice, Death of Kings.   As with S Essex I am still trying to get the hang of these places.  If you come straight across from Buckingham towards Bedford depending on route you will hit either Deanshanger in Northants or go across what is now Milton Keynes perhaps by way of Bicester or then Fenny or Stony Stratford. Presumably the old Roman roads cross the A! and up the A421 especially towards Huntingdon. I had the same problem with some of the original gently books around Bedfordshire. Unfortunately that part of Bedford has not changed from Uhtred’s description, by much. If Uhtred foresaw what some parts of Essex, Beds and Bucks looked like now he would shudder.

Martin Fletcher the Cockney Yorkshireman in Emley Village West Yorkshire.

With my accent they think I am the anti christ.