The locations concerned are also largely based on those known to Delaney, for example: the town of Priestown is based loosely on Preston, where he was born; Lancaster becomes Caster; Blackpool is now the Black Pool; and Chipping is Chipenden.
The Wardstone Chronicles (published in the UK as The Spook's Apprentice and in the US as The Last Apprentice) is a dark fantasy series of books written by British author Joseph Delaney and published by Random House Publishing.
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The Wardstone Chronicles, written by Joseph Delaney, frequently features the village of Chipenden, which is based on the village of Chipping.
Hotpot is referred to in the dark fantasy series The Wardstone Chronicles by British author Joseph Delaney as a family meal eaten in rural England.