What's in a name? Poldark

[Tanya, Moderator/Hostess]

page 190 of the 2015 edition published by Macmillan

..."Poldark--unlike most of them--is pure invention. When I was in my early twenties my best friend was a young chemist called Ridley Polgreen. He was some years older than I was, and died tragically when he was thirty-two. He was not remotely like Ross Poldark, being a strict Wesleyan, non-smoking, non-drinking, but with a tremendously lively sense of humour and a deep appreciation of all that was good and beautiful in the life. When I wished to choose a name, I thought first to use the name Polgreen. Then it seemed to me better that I should use a name no one else had ever had; also Polgreen seemed not quite strong enough. So the name Poldark came into being."

[John]

Tanya - did you know Demelza cane from a small hamlet in England? I think in Cornwall, but I'm not 100% certain.

[Tanya, Moderator/Hostess]

John wrote: "Tanya - did you know Demelza cane from a small hamlet in England? I think in Cornwall, but I'm not 100% certain."
Yep, it was in Cornwall. :-)
Demelza - #2 > What's in a Name? Demelza

[Nicola]

We also have a place named Warleggan on Bodmin Moor.