The novel is set in and around Macclesfield and Alderley Edge in Cheshire, and tells the story of two children, Colin and Susan, who are staying with some old friends of their mother while their parents are overseas.

He grew up not far away, on Alderley Edge, a well-to-do rural Cheshire village that by this time had effectively become a suburb of Manchester.

Like many of Garner's books, the novel is set in the real landscape of Cheshire, in this case focused around Alderley Edge, and features the fictional characters interacting at genuine sites, such as the sandstone escarpment of the Edge, the Wizard's Well, the open mine pits, and the Beacon.

Stanley was born in Alderley Edge in Cheshire, where his father Edward Stanley, later Bishop of Norwich, was then rector.

Sumner lives in Alderley Edge, Cheshire with his second wife, Sarah Dalton.

* The Edge, a red sandstone escarpment above the village of Alderley Edge, Cheshire, UK

Hamann enjoys cricket and once played for Alderley Edge CC 2nd XI vs Neston CC 2nd XI in the Cheshire County Cricket League, taking a catch in the game.

" Edge Hall, Malpas, Cheshire.

Alderley Edge is a village and civil parish within the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England.

Alderley Edge overlooks the Cheshire Plain.

According to some sources, the counterfeit money used to be exchanged at the nearby Three Shires Head ( where Staffordshire, Cheshire and Derbyshire meet ) on Axe Edge Moor.

* Alderley Edge railway station ( National Rail code ) in Cheshire, UK

He died at Alderley Edge, Cheshire, in February 1997.

The area covers the north-western part of the Cheshire East unitary authority, including the towns of Knutsford and Wilmslow, and a number of villages such as Alderley Edge, Chelford, Handforth and Mobberley.

After a period at Alderley Edge in Cheshire and a brief sojourn in Bath, he and Alvilde resided after 1974 at Essex House on the Badminton estate, also in Gloucestershire, while he worked most days in William Thomas Beckford's library at Lansdown Crescent.

The inn is situated on the eastern fringes of Cheshire in the Peak District National Park on the A537 road just west of the Derbyshire / Cheshire county boundary, on the western side of Axe Edge Moor.

Ghadie married Matthew Smith, a property developer, in St Philip's Church in Alderley Edge, Cheshire on 10 September 2005 after a seven month engagement.

In 2007, Lime Pictures produced an eight-part series called Living on the Edge, documenting the real lives of a group of teenagers in Cheshire, which was shown on MTV.

Edge also initiated reforms in the civil service, freeing it from Hague's control.

After taking office as governor, Edge was successful in obtaining legislation consolidating state boards, improving the civil service, imposing a franchise tax on public utilities, allowing greater home rule for cities, reforming corporation law, and improving state institutions, especially the prisons.

The name Chorley, Macclesfield is retained by the civil parish to the northwest of Alderley Edge.

Alderley Edge civil parish was created on 31 December 1894 from part of Chorley civil parish.

Along with Bollinfee civil parish it formed Alderley Edge Urban District.

Edge Hill is an escarpment and hamlet in the civil parish of Ratley and Upton, South Warwickshire, England.

Wantage parish stretches from the northern edge of its housing up onto the Downs in the south, covering Chain Hill, Edge Hill, Wantage Down, Furzewick Down and Lattin Down.

A road in this line, passing on the west of Weston-sub ‑ Edge, leads on to a highway with a parish boundary along it called Riknild or Icknield Street, which is crossed by the railway at Honeybourne Station.

The village is surrounded by hills: the plateau of Kinder Scout to the north, where the highest point in the parish is found, the Great Ridge ( running west to east between Rushup Edge over Mam Tor to Lose Hill ) to the south and east, Win Hill to the east ( outside the parish ), and Dalehead ( Brown Knoll, Horsehill Tor and Colborne ) to the west.

It was a merger of Macclesfield municipal borough, Alderley Edge, Bollington, Knutsford and Wilmslow urban districts, along with the single parish Disley Rural District, Macclesfield Rural District and part of Bucklow Rural District.

St. Mary's parish is now part of the Benefice of Shire's Edge along with those of Claydon, Great Bourton, Mollington and Wardington.

The Woodlands parish from Hangthwaite meets the A638 further south near the former Long Edge Quarry, then follows Green Lane ( B6422 ) until a point just east of Scawthorpe, where it meets the Roman Ridge.

It is the south-east corner of the parish of Edale and the end of the Great Ridge that runs from Rushup Edge to the west ( over Mam Tor, Hollins Cross and Back Tor ).

* West Michigan Edge, an American soccer team

Grosse Ile social clubs include the Grosse Ile Yacht Club, the Ford Yacht Club, the Elba-Mar Boat Club, the Grosse Ile Golf and Country Club, West Shore Golf Course, Water's Edge Golf Course and the Grosse Ile Rotary Club ( founded in 1947 ).

Trialogues on the Edge of the West.

* Blackstone Edge, an area of moorland along the Lancashire ( Greater Manchester ) and West Yorkshire county boundary in England

The group's function was to be a Christian worship band for a youth outreach event called " Cutting Edge ", instigated by the Arun Community Church in Littlehampton, West Sussex.

She has written for film ( notably Teach Me to Dance, NFB, 1978 ) and for stage: 1985, Edmonton, Workshop West, 1982 ; No Kidding, Vancouver, Green Thumb, 1988 ; After the Fall: The Erotic Life of the Left, Edmonton, Catalyst " Write on the Edge " cabaret, 1992 ; File # 3168, Edmonton, Catalyst, 1993.

* L107 ( formerly " The Edge "), in West Central Scotland

* The Edge of the West and Other Texas Stories with Bryan Wooley ( Texas Western Pr, 1987 ) ISBN 0-87404-214-3

The Municipality of West Grey comprises the communities of Aberdeen, Allan Park, Alsfeldt, Ayton, Barhead, Bentinck, Biemans Corners, Bunessan, Calderwood, Crawford, Durham, Edge Hill, Elmwood, Glen, Glenelg Centre, Habermehl, Hampden, Irish Lake, Lamlash, Lauderbach, Lauriston, Louise, Moltke, Mulock, Nenagh, Pomona, Priceville, Rocky Saugeen, Topcliff, Traverston, Vickers, Waudby and Welbeck.

West of Longnor are the Staffordshire Moorlands, with a summit at Axe Edge Moor towards the north, and Morridge further south.

Her subsequent long-running West End hits include an all-star production of Oscar Wilde's An Ideal Husband ( 1965 / 66, in which she played the villainous Mrs Cheveley ), W. Somerset Maugham's Lady Frederick ( 1970 ), Relative Values ( Noël Coward revival, 1973 ), and the thrillers Spider's Web ( 1955, written for her by Agatha Christie ), Signpost to Murder ( 1962 ), and Double Edge ( 1975 ).

Belltown, the Denny Triangle, Pioneer Square, Chinatown, the West Edge, and the western flank of First Hill are sub-neighborhoods of Downtown.

Blackstone Edge and West Yorkshire are to the east ; Rochdale and Shaw and Crompton are to the west and south respectively.

Toronto's first year in the PDL was a difficult one ; they lost their opening game 3-0 to West Michigan Edge, and didn't pick up their first win until the fifth game of the season, a 2-0 defeat away at the Indiana Invaders.

They overpowered Fort Wayne Fever 4-1 in their opening fixture in front of over 1, 200 fans, and enjoyed a scintillating run of form throughout the month of June, picking up five wins two ties in nine games, including a breathless 3-2 win over West Michigan Edge in which they scored twice in the last two minutes, and a strong 1-0 win over the eventual divisional champions, Michigan Bucks.

* Mendoza in Hollywood ( 2000 ) ( published in the UK as At the Edge of the West )

Dedham and Alderley Edge ( Essex and the North West )

Blackstone Edge and West Yorkshire are to the east ; Rochdale and Milnrow are to the southwest and south respectively.

Herdsman played college soccer at Cornerstone University until 2000, while also playing in the Premier Development League with the West Michigan Edge.

After finishing the season with the West Michigan Edge, Herdsman's rights were traded from the Rapids to the Columbus Crew, and he switched teams.

Category: West Michigan Edge players

* Fulke Walwyn – Mandarin ( 1957, 1961 ), Taxidermist ( 1958 ), Mill House ( 1963 ), Man of the West ( 1968 ), Charlie Potheen ( 1972 ), Diamond Edge ( 1981 )

They demolished Indiana Blast 7-3 off a hat trick from Daniel Broxup, and overwhelmed West Michigan Edge 6-1 with Broxup's second trio of the year.

Kyle Dulworth scored an 88th minute winner in their 4-3 victory over Kalamazoo in early June, they outscored Thunder Bay Chill 9-2 in their three games in late June and early July and absolutely flattened West Michigan Edge 6-1 in the penultimate game of the season.