Hi Bernard,
I am an avid reader of your books and love the Last Kingdom series.I live in Buxton in the Peak District which you use as your location for the witch and Ercce.
Halfway between Buxton and Chesterfield (approx 10 miles) is the small town of Bakewell which is famous for its tarts(cakes)!
The parish church is All Saints and in 949 King Eadred,a grandson of Alfred the Great,granted the land by charter to the Earl of Northumbria.The earls son,Uhtred then had a church built on the site.There are two 8th century Anglo Saxon crosses and a number of stone coffins in the graveyard.
Uhtred in Buxton and Chesterfield may not be so fictional after all!
Looking forward to October when I presume the next book will be released.I warmed up for the last release by reading the previous 11 again.
All the best,
Neil