{"id":4481,"date":"2009-05-19T13:03:55","date_gmt":"2009-05-19T17:03:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/johnesimpson.com\/blog\/?page_id=4481"},"modified":"2014-08-20T05:54:43","modified_gmt":"2014-08-20T09:54:43","slug":"map-caerleon-pennsylvania-usa","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/johnesimpson.com\/blog\/map-caerleon-pennsylvania-usa\/","title":{"rendered":"Map: Caerleon, Pennsylvania, USA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s a map of the (entirely fictitious) town where most of the action takes place in my work-in-progress (<del>tentatively<\/del> titled <del><em>Grail<\/em><\/del> <em>Seems to Fit<\/em>).; I drew this around 1991-92, when working on the book&#8217;s first draft.<\/p>\n<p>Somewhere I&#8217;ve got a key\/legend which explains what all the circled letters mean &#8212; they&#8217;re all street names &#8212; and if I find that I&#8217;ll add the information to the foot of the page. In the meantime, I&#8217;ll just list the ones I know from memory, re-reading earlier drafts, and so on.<\/p>\n<p>And if you&#8217;re really, really a fanatic about seeing this close up, just click on the image for a more or less original-size, unaltered version.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/johnesimpson.com\/images\/caerleon_full.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Larger map of Caerleon, PA (click for more or less full-size\/unaltered original)\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/johnesimpson.com\/images\/caerleon_lg_bw.jpg?resize=500%2C885&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"885\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Key:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>General:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Compass orientation<\/em>: I always think of North at the top of this map. However, if you look at <a title=\"Google Maps: Interstate 95, vicinity of Cornwall, PA\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/?ie=UTF8&amp;ll=40.227383,-74.880066&amp;spn=0.16304,0.301094&amp;z=12\" target=\"_blank\">the actual configuration<\/a> of Interstate 95 in the area in question &#8212; about halfway between Langhorne and Scudders Falls, on the Delaware River &#8212; you&#8217;ll see that this is possible only for a very short stretch. Which I think is closer to the river than I want it to be. So the top of the map, technically speaking, is more likely west. Nonetheless, I&#8217;ll use my imaginary &#8220;top is north&#8221; orientation when referring to directions below.<\/li>\n<li>Caerleon is surrounded by farmland &#8212; some of it working farmland, some of it slated for development; some of it within the town limits, some outside.<\/li>\n<li><em>Main areas<\/em>: <strong>The Brecon Beacons Pike<\/strong> marks the main north-south dividing line; <strong>Interstate 95<\/strong>, the main east-west. (I-95 on this map is a wide strip of roadway &#8212; note lane markings :) &#8212; just north of and parallel to the railroad tracks, about halfway up.)\n<ul>\n<li>Across the very top is Wye Creek and a parade of high-tension power lines and their supporting towers.<\/li>\n<li>Top left is an industrial park (an important one).<\/li>\n<li>Top right &#8212; <span class=\"explannote\" title=\"four-sided polygon, with two parallel sides and two non-parallel\">trapezium<\/span>-shaped, with all the swirly streets &#8212; is <strong>a subdivision called &#8220;Cornwall,&#8221;<\/strong> containing 47 houses. All the main characters live here; their specific homes are labeled with their initials. Cornwall&#8217;s east, south, and west sides are wooded. Street names here all have significance in legend: Exeter Turn, Tintagel Way, Cadbury Circle&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>Just south of I-95 and the railroad tracks, east of the Pike, is the so-called <strong>&#8220;village&#8221; of Caerleon<\/strong>. Important locations here are labeled, e.g., &#8220;Bank,&#8221; &#8220;Cem&#8221; (for &#8220;Cemetery&#8221;), &#8220;News Store,&#8221; and so on.<\/li>\n<li>Across the Pike (west) from the village is a big car dealership, <strong>Shepherd Chevrolet<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>South of the car dealership is a little strip mall (the <strong>Caerleon Village Shopping Center<\/strong>) containing seven stores. From north to south, these are:\n<ul>\n<li>a games store, The Gamekeeper;<\/li>\n<li>Quick-n-Clean laundromat;<\/li>\n<li>a vacant storefront;<\/li>\n<li>the supermarket, called <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">Super<\/span>FoodFresh;<\/li>\n<li>a linens and housewares store (&#8220;Lynne&#8217;n&#8217;Stuff&#8221;);<\/li>\n<li>a bookstore;<\/li>\n<li>and a diner\/restaurant\/luncheonette, called the Groaning Board.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Street index:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>(Note: streets lettered L through U all located in Cornwall subdivision.)<\/em><\/p>\n<ol style=\"list-style-type: upper-alpha;\">\n<li>Brecon Beacons Pike. The portion of the Pike running through the village proper is known as Monmouth Street.<\/li>\n<li>Main Street<\/li>\n<li>Chepstow Street<\/li>\n<li>Swansea Road (note: label isn&#8217;t clear in the copy, but Swansea runs east-west &#8212; forms southern boundary of village proper; known, for this stretch, as Swansea <em>Avenue<\/em>)<\/li>\n<li>Railroad Avenue<\/li>\n<li>Rhayader Street<\/li>\n<li>Bank Street<\/li>\n<li>?<\/li>\n<li>?<\/li>\n<li>?<\/li>\n<li>?<\/li>\n<li>Bamburgh Circle (character: LW)<\/li>\n<li>Wrexham Road<\/li>\n<li>Exeter Drive (Cornwall&#8217;s main thoroughfare, beginning right where the Pike makes that 90-degree turn, and then going roughly east)<\/li>\n<li>Tintagel Circle (character: AC)<\/li>\n<li>Falmouth Way (characters: PdB, W&amp;HW)<\/li>\n<li>Padstow Turn (characters in former farmhouse: G&amp;BM)<\/li>\n<li>Cadbury Road<\/li>\n<li>Fowey Place<\/li>\n<li>Helston Drive<\/li>\n<li>Cambourne Gate<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Other places\/buildings of interest:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>At northwest corner of intersection of Wrexham Road and Brecon Beacons Pike is the <strong>Caerleon Industrial Park<\/strong>. Not much industry here, though; the principal occupants are a parcel-packaging-and-shipping firm called TLTC (for Tender Loving Third Class) and &#8212; the largest building, out at the westernmost side &#8212; the former headquarters (now just a branch office) of what is, to this story and its characters, a very important metal-working company.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Main intersection<\/strong> (and only traffic signal) in the &#8220;village&#8221; is Main and Bank Streets. At\u00a0 that intersection:\n<ul>\n<li>NE corner: <strong>First National Bank<\/strong> (second floor: office of weekly newspaper, the <strong><em>Caerleon Herald<\/em><\/strong>)<\/li>\n<li>SE corner: <strong>Village Center News Store<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>SW corner: <strong>police station<\/strong> (municipal building to south, Spike&#8217;s Barber Shop to west)<\/li>\n<li>NW corner: <strong>Armour&#8217;s Hardware Store<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Train station<\/strong> at SE corner of Bank Street and Railroad Avenue<\/li>\n<li><strong>Firehouse<\/strong> at SE corner of Main and Monmouth Streets<\/li>\n<li><strong>7-11 convenience store<\/strong> N of firehouse<\/li>\n<li>Years ago, at intersection of Railroad Avenue and Chepstow Street (SW corner), was a <strong>luncheonette called Mr. Bill&#8217;s<\/strong>; just south of that, on Chepstow, was a tinsmith and toymaker.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Library<\/strong> at SW corner of Main and Chepstow, across from cemetery<\/li>\n<li><strong>Main cemetery<\/strong> on east side of Chepstow Street, entrance just south of Main Street<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s a map of the (entirely fictitious) town where most of the action takes place in my work-in-progress (tentatively titled Grail Seems to Fit).; I drew this around 1991-92, when working on the book&#8217;s first draft. 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