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*[[Frank Bryce]]
 
*[[Frank Bryce]]
 
*[[Dot]]
 
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*[[Cecilia]] (possibly)
*[[Marvolo Gaunt]]
 
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*[[Tom Riddle|Tom Riddle/Lord Voldemort]] (briefly)
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*[[Peter Pettigrew]] (briefly)
*[[Morfin Gaunt]]
 
 
*[[Little Hangleton milkman|Milkman]]
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{{Quote|Harry could see a village, undoubtably Little Hangleton, nestled between two steep hills, its church and [[Little Hangleton graveyard|graveyard]] clearly visible. Across the valley on the opposite hillside, was a [[Riddle House|handsome manor house]] surrounded by a wide expanse of velvety green lawn.|Description|Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince}}
'''Little Hangleton''' is a small village in northern [[England]] in which the most prominent family was the [[Riddle family|Riddles]]. The village is near the larger community of [[Great Hangleton]]. The [[pure-blood]] wizarding family, the [[House of Gaunt|Gaunts]], lived just outside Little Hangleton in a [[Gaunt shack|shack]].
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'''Little Hangleton''' was a small village in [[England]], within which the most prominent family was formerly the [[Riddle family|Riddles]].<ref name="GOF1"/> The village was six miles away from the larger community of [[Great Hangleton]]<ref name="HBP10"/> and was about 200 miles away from [[Little Whinging]].<ref name="GOF1">{{GOF|B|1}}</ref> The [[pure-blood]] [[Wizardkind|wizarding]] family, the [[House of Gaunt]], lived just outside Little Hangleton in a [[Gaunt Shack|shack]].<ref name="HBP10">{{HBP|B|10}}</ref>
   
==Notable Places==
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==Notable places==
 
===The [[Riddle House]]===
 
===The [[Riddle House]]===
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{{Quote|It stood on a hill overlooking the village, some of its windows boarded, tiles missing from its roof, and [[ivy]] spreading unchecked over its face. Once a fine-looking manor, and easily the largest and grandest building for miles around, the Riddle House was now damp, derelict, and unoccupied.|Description of the house|Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire}}
The [[Riddle House]] was the home of the snobbishly unpopular Riddle family in the early twentieth century, and the largest house in town. [[Tom Riddle|Lord Voldemort]] killed his [[Tom Riddle Sr.|father]], paternal [[Thomas Riddle|grandfather]], and [[Mary Riddle|grandmother]] in the house in [[1943]], and framed his maternal uncle [[Morfin Gaunt]] for the crime. After the murder of the Riddles, the house changed hands many times. By 1994 it was said in the village that the wealthy man who owned it neither lived there nor put it to any use owning it for ambigious 'tax reasons'. The only permanent resident during that time period was [[Frank Bryce]], the Riddles' gardener.
 
 
[[File:Riddle House2.jpg|250px|thumb|left|The Riddle house]]
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The [[Riddle House]] was the home of the snobbishly unpopular Riddle family, who were Muggles, in the early twentieth century. It was the largest house in town, and the Riddles were wealthy, owning much of the land around.<ref name="GOF1"/> The son of the Riddles was [[Tom Riddle Senior]], who was bewitched by the witch [[Merope Riddle|Merope Gaunt]] with possibly either the [[Imperius Curse]] or a [[love potion]] in 1926, leading to the conception of Tom Marvolo Riddle, who would come to be known as [[Tom Riddle|Lord Voldemort]]. Once Merope stopped bewitching him, Tom Riddle Senior immediately left and paid no regard to Merope or their unborn son. Merope died in childbirth and Tom Riddle Jnr was placed in an [[Wool's Orphanage|orphanage]].<ref name="HBP10"/>
   
 
Voldemort [[Killing Curse|killed]] his father, paternal [[Thomas Riddle|grandfather]], and [[Mary Riddle|grandmother]] in the house in [[1943]], and framed his maternal uncle [[Morfin Gaunt]] for the crime.<ref name="HBP17">{{HBP|B|17}}</ref> After the murder of the Riddles, the house changed hands many times. By 1994, it was said in the village that the [[Wealthy man who owned the Riddle House|wealthy man]] who owned it neither lived there nor put it to any use, owning it for ambiguous 'tax reasons'. The only permanent resident during that time period was [[Frank Bryce]], the Riddles' gardener, who was kept on by the house's subsequent owners.<ref name="GOF1"/>
In the summer of [[1994]], after [[Peter Pettigrew]] escaped from [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry|Hogwarts]] and found Voldemort, the two wizards returned to the Riddle house to plan for Voldemort's return to power. While in the house, they planned to have the [[Triwizard Cup]] turned into a [[Portkey]] to the local churchyard, and set into motion a plan which would end with [[Harry Potter]] captured. When Frank Bryce, the gardener, discovered Pettigrew and Voldemort in the home, Voldemort murdered him.
 
   
 
In the summer of [[1994]], after [[Peter Pettigrew]] escaped from [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry|Hogwarts]] and found the semi-corporeal Voldemort, the two wizards returned to the Riddle house to plan for Voldemort's return to power. Whilst in the house, they plotted to have the [[Triwizard Cup]] turned into a [[Portkey]] to the local churchyard, and set into motion a plan which would end with [[Harry Potter]] captured. When Frank Bryce discovered Pettigrew and Voldemort in the house and inadvertently overheard them discussing their plans, Voldemort murdered him with the [[Killing Curse]].<ref name="GOF1"/>
===The [[Gaunt shack]]===
 
[[File:Gaunt-house.jpg|thumb|left|200px|The Gaunt shack]]
 
On the outskirts of Little Hangleton lived the [[House of Gaunt|Gaunts]], the last direct descendants of [[Salazar Slytherin]]. Years of inbreeding made the family violent and unstable, and left them in poverty. There were frequently many snakes about the property, as the Gaunts were all [[Parselmouth]]s, like their ancestor. The townspeople gossiped about the Gaunts and thought they were mad, while the Gaunts in turn considered the [[Muggle]]s who lived nearby beneath them. [[Marvolo Gaunt]] died alone in the shack, after he and his son [[Morfin Gaunt|Morfin]] were briefly imprisoned in [[Azkaban]], and his daughter [[Merope Gaunt|Merope]] married [[Tom Riddle Sr.]] and left for [[London]]. The Gaunt shack was also the hiding place of [[Marvolo Gaunt's Ring]], which Voldemort took from his uncle and turned into a [[Horcrux]] after he murdered his paternal relatives.
 
   
===The graveyard===
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===The [[Gaunt Shack]]===
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{{Quote|"It was a few seconds before Harry’s eyes discerned the building half-hidden amongst the tangle of trunks. It seemed to him a very strange location to choose for a house, or else an odd decision to leave the trees growing nearby, blocking all light and the view of the valley below. He wondered whether it was inhabited; its walls were mossy and so many tiles had fallen off the roof that the rafters were visible in places. [[Nettle]]s grew all around it, their tips reaching the windows, which were tiny and thick with grime.|[[Harry Potter]]'s impression of the Gaunt shack |Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince}}
{{Main|Little Hangleton graveyard}}
 
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[[File:Bob Ogden Gaunt Shack.jpg|250px|thumb|The Gaunt shack]]
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On the outskirts of Little Hangleton lived the [[House of Gaunt|Gaunts]], the last direct descendants of [[Salazar Slytherin]]. Years of inbreeding made the family violent and unstable, and left them in poverty. There were frequently many [[snake]]s about the property, as the Gaunts were all [[Parseltongue|Parselmouths]], like their ancestor.<ref name="HBP10"/>
   
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The townspeople gossiped about the Gaunts and thought they were [[Insanity|mad]], while the Gaunts in turn considered the [[Non-magic people|Muggles]] who lived nearby beneath them. [[Marvolo Gaunt]] died alone in the shack, after he and his son [[Morfin Gaunt|Morfin]] were briefly imprisoned in [[Azkaban]], and his daughter Merope married Tom Riddle Snr and left for [[London]].<ref name="HBP10"/> The Gaunt shack was also the hiding place of [[Marvolo Gaunt's Ring]], which Voldemort took from his uncle and turned into a [[Horcrux]] after he murdered his paternal relatives. Years later, [[Albus Dumbledore]] visited the shack when he was seeking out Voldemort's Horcruxes, and found and ultimately destroyed the ring hidden under the rotting floorboards.<ref name="HBP23">{{HBP|B|23}}</ref> A year later, when Voldemort realised that [[Harry Potter]] was seeking out his Horcruxes, he immediately returned to the shack first, believing it was the least safe, and was furious when he saw the floorboards torn open and the ring gone.<ref name="DH27">{{DH|B|27}}</ref>
The local cemetery of Little Hangleton was the burial place for various members of the [[Riddle family]]. It was also the site of [[Tom Riddle|Lord Voldemort]]'s rebirth. The [[Triwizard Cup]], turned into a [[Portkey]] by disguised [[Death Eaters|Death Eater]] [[Bartemius Crouch Jr.|Barty Crouch Jr]], transported Harry Potter and [[Cedric Diggory]] there in June of [[1995]]. [[Peter Pettigrew]] killed Cedric on Voldemort's orders, and then Harry's blood was used as part of a [[Dark Arts|Dark]] ritual to [[Return of the Dark Lord|reconstitute a body]] for Voldemort. The Dark Lord then called his servants to him with Pettigrew's [[Dark Mark]], thus reviving the [[Death Eaters]], and engaged in a [[duel]] with Harry. Because of [[Priori Incantatem]], Harry managed to escape Voldemort and return to [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry|Hogwarts]] with Cedric's body.
 
   
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===The [[Little Hangleton graveyard|graveyard]]===
The ritual which Voldemort and Pettigrew performed in the Little Hangleton graveyard would also play a role in Voldemort's ultimate fall from power. By taking in some of Harry's blood -- blood which carried the magical protection from his [[Lily Evans|mother]], who sacrificed herself for him when he was an infant -- Voldemort anchored Harry's life to his own. This would allow Harry to survive the [[Killing Curse]] Voldemort struck him with during the [[Battle of Hogwarts]] in [[1998]], destroying the [[Horcrux]] within Harry and setting the stage for their final duel.
 
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[[File:Little Hangleton graveyard GOF 2.jpg|250px|thumb|left|Little Hangleton graveyard]]
 
The local cemetery of Little Hangleton was the burial place for various members of the [[Riddle family]], including Tom Riddle Senior. It was also the site of [[Tom Riddle|Lord Voldemort]]'s [[Return of Lord Voldemort|rebirth]] on [[24 June]] [[1995]].<ref name="GOF32">{{GOF|B|32}}</ref> The [[Triwizard Cup]], [[Portkey Spell|turned]] into a [[Portkey]] by [[Polyjuice Potion|disguised]] [[Death Eaters|Death Eater]] [[Bartemius Crouch Junior|Barty Crouch Jnr]], transported [[Harry Potter]] and [[Cedric Diggory]] there.<ref name="GOF35">{{GOF|B|35}}</ref> Peter Pettigrew killed Cedric on Voldemort's orders, and Harry's [[blood]] was then used as part of a [[Dark Arts|Dark]] ritual to [[Regeneration potion|reconstitute a body]] for Voldemort, along with Tom Riddle Senior's [[bone]]s.<ref name="GOF32"/> The Dark Lord then called his servants to him with Pettigrew's [[Dark Mark]], thus reviving the Death Eaters,<ref name="GOF33">{{GOF|B|33}}</ref> and engaged in a [[Duel in Little Hangleton|duelling]] with Harry. Because of [[Reverse Spell|''Priori Incantatem'']], Harry managed to escape Voldemort and return to [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry|Hogwarts]] with Cedric's body.<ref name="GOF34">{{GOF|B|34}}</ref>
   
 
The ritual which Voldemort and Pettigrew performed in the Little Hangleton graveyard would also play a role in Voldemort's ultimate fall from power. By taking in some of Harry's blood - blood which carried the magical protection from his [[Lily J. Potter|mother]], who sacrificed herself for him when he was an infant - Voldemort anchored Harry's life to his own. This would allow Harry to survive the [[Killing Curse]] Voldemort struck him with during the [[Battle of Hogwarts]] in on [[2 May]] [[1998]], destroying the [[Horcrux]] within Harry and setting the stage for their [[Voldemort's Last Stand|final duel]].<ref name="DH35">{{DH|B|35}}</ref>
===The Hanged Man===
 
The [[Hanged Man]] is a local pub, in which many townspeople gossiped about the Riddle murders. Since the Riddles were slain with the [[Killing Curse]], the [[Muggle]] authorities could not determine the cause of death, and many people suspected that [[Frank Bryce]] had killed them.
 
   
===Frank Bryce's cottage===
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===[[The Hanged Man]]===
 
The Hanged Man was a local pub, in which many townspeople gossiped about the Riddle murders. Since the Riddles were slain with the [[Killing Curse]], the [[Non-magic people|Muggle]] authorities could not determine the cause of [[death]] (as the [[curse]] left no signs of physical injury), and many people suspected that Frank Bryce had murdered them.<ref name="GOF1"/>
[[Cottage of Frank Bryce|This cottage]], bordering the [[Little Hangleton graveyard]], was the permanent residence of [[Frank Bryce]]. It was here in when he saw lights from the [[Riddle House]] in [[1994]], minutes before his death.
 
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===[[Cottage of Frank Bryce|Frank Bryce's cottage]]===
 
This cottage, bordering the Little Hangleton graveyard, was the permanent residence of Frank Bryce. It was from here that he saw lights from the Riddle House in 1994, and - thinking it to be local children causing mischief - investigated, leading to his death.<ref name="GOF1"/>
   
 
==Known residents==
 
==Known residents==
*[[Frank Bryce]]
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*[[Frank Bryce]]<ref name="GOF1"/>
*[[Dot]]
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*[[Dot]]<ref name="GOF1"/>
*[[Rod Freddy]]
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*[[Rod Freddy]]<ref name="GOFG">{{GOF|G}}</ref>
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*[[House of Gaunt]]<ref name="HBP10"/>
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*The [[Riddles' cook]]<ref name="GOF1"/>
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*The [[Riddles' maid]]<ref name="GOF1"/>
*The [[Landlord of The Hanged Man|local barman]]
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*[[Little Hangleton milkman]]<ref name="LEGOY1">{{LEGO|Y1}}</ref>
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*[[Little Hangleton boys|Several unnamed boys]]<ref name="GOF1"/>
   
 
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==Behind the scenes==
 
==Behind the scenes==
*[[Harry Potter]] only ever physically visited Little Hangleton during the [[Return of Tom Riddle]]; however, he went there in memories presented to him by [[Albus Dumbledore]] quite a few times.
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*[[Harry Potter]] only ever physically visited Little Hangleton during the [[Return of Lord Voldemort|Return of Tom Riddle]]; however, he went there in memories presented to him by [[Albus Dumbledore]] quite a few times. Also, despite being in Little Hangleton again, through memories, Harry doesn't recognise the graveyard.
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*In {{GOF|FA}}, Little Hangleton always seems to have a dark, shadowy landscape with cloudy weather. Though there is no mention in the book, it is possible that it was made to add in with the murderous history that occurred in the village. However, it could also be that all of Little Hangleton's scenes in the film took place during night-time, and that dark magical activities were occurring because of Lord Voldemort, Peter Pettigrew, and Barty Crouch Jnr's evil plans.
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*Little Whinging is in the far north-western corner of Surrey (since Harry had travelled there by way of Paddington Station). A circle drawn of 200 miles would point out to the ocean, but the line crosses some parts of Wales, York, Cornwall and Middleborough, indicating that Little Hangleton is located somewhere in the midsection of England, though it is unknown exactly where the village is located.
   
 
==Appearances==
 
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"Harry could see a village, undoubtably Little Hangleton, nestled between two steep hills, its church and graveyard clearly visible. Across the valley on the opposite hillside, was a handsome manor house surrounded by a wide expanse of velvety green lawn."
— Description[src]

Little Hangleton was a small village in England, within which the most prominent family was formerly the Riddles.[1] The village was six miles away from the larger community of Great Hangleton[2] and was about 200 miles away from Little Whinging.[1] The pure-blood wizarding family, the House of Gaunt, lived just outside Little Hangleton in a shack.[2]

Notable places

The Riddle House

"It stood on a hill overlooking the village, some of its windows boarded, tiles missing from its roof, and ivy spreading unchecked over its face. Once a fine-looking manor, and easily the largest and grandest building for miles around, the Riddle House was now damp, derelict, and unoccupied."
— Description of the house[src]
Riddle House2

The Riddle house

The Riddle House was the home of the snobbishly unpopular Riddle family, who were Muggles, in the early twentieth century. It was the largest house in town, and the Riddles were wealthy, owning much of the land around.[1] The son of the Riddles was Tom Riddle Senior, who was bewitched by the witch Merope Gaunt with possibly either the Imperius Curse or a love potion in 1926, leading to the conception of Tom Marvolo Riddle, who would come to be known as Lord Voldemort. Once Merope stopped bewitching him, Tom Riddle Senior immediately left and paid no regard to Merope or their unborn son. Merope died in childbirth and Tom Riddle Jnr was placed in an orphanage.[2]

Voldemort killed his father, paternal grandfather, and grandmother in the house in 1943, and framed his maternal uncle Morfin Gaunt for the crime.[3] After the murder of the Riddles, the house changed hands many times. By 1994, it was said in the village that the wealthy man who owned it neither lived there nor put it to any use, owning it for ambiguous 'tax reasons'. The only permanent resident during that time period was Frank Bryce, the Riddles' gardener, who was kept on by the house's subsequent owners.[1]

In the summer of 1994, after Peter Pettigrew escaped from Hogwarts and found the semi-corporeal Voldemort, the two wizards returned to the Riddle house to plan for Voldemort's return to power. Whilst in the house, they plotted to have the Triwizard Cup turned into a Portkey to the local churchyard, and set into motion a plan which would end with Harry Potter captured. When Frank Bryce discovered Pettigrew and Voldemort in the house and inadvertently overheard them discussing their plans, Voldemort murdered him with the Killing Curse.[1]

The Gaunt Shack

""It was a few seconds before Harry’s eyes discerned the building half-hidden amongst the tangle of trunks. It seemed to him a very strange location to choose for a house, or else an odd decision to leave the trees growing nearby, blocking all light and the view of the valley below. He wondered whether it was inhabited; its walls were mossy and so many tiles had fallen off the roof that the rafters were visible in places. Nettles grew all around it, their tips reaching the windows, which were tiny and thick with grime."
Harry Potter's impression of the Gaunt shack [src]
Bob Ogden Gaunt Shack

The Gaunt shack

On the outskirts of Little Hangleton lived the Gaunts, the last direct descendants of Salazar Slytherin. Years of inbreeding made the family violent and unstable, and left them in poverty. There were frequently many snakes about the property, as the Gaunts were all Parselmouths, like their ancestor.[2]

The townspeople gossiped about the Gaunts and thought they were mad, while the Gaunts in turn considered the Muggles who lived nearby beneath them. Marvolo Gaunt died alone in the shack, after he and his son Morfin were briefly imprisoned in Azkaban, and his daughter Merope married Tom Riddle Snr and left for London.[2] The Gaunt shack was also the hiding place of Marvolo Gaunt's Ring, which Voldemort took from his uncle and turned into a Horcrux after he murdered his paternal relatives. Years later, Albus Dumbledore visited the shack when he was seeking out Voldemort's Horcruxes, and found and ultimately destroyed the ring hidden under the rotting floorboards.[4] A year later, when Voldemort realised that Harry Potter was seeking out his Horcruxes, he immediately returned to the shack first, believing it was the least safe, and was furious when he saw the floorboards torn open and the ring gone.[5]

The graveyard

Little Hangleton graveyard GOF 2

Little Hangleton graveyard

The local cemetery of Little Hangleton was the burial place for various members of the Riddle family, including Tom Riddle Senior. It was also the site of Lord Voldemort's rebirth on 24 June 1995.[6] The Triwizard Cup, turned into a Portkey by disguised Death Eater Barty Crouch Jnr, transported Harry Potter and Cedric Diggory there.[7] Peter Pettigrew killed Cedric on Voldemort's orders, and Harry's blood was then used as part of a Dark ritual to reconstitute a body for Voldemort, along with Tom Riddle Senior's bones.[6] The Dark Lord then called his servants to him with Pettigrew's Dark Mark, thus reviving the Death Eaters,[8] and engaged in a duelling with Harry. Because of Priori Incantatem, Harry managed to escape Voldemort and return to Hogwarts with Cedric's body.[9]

The ritual which Voldemort and Pettigrew performed in the Little Hangleton graveyard would also play a role in Voldemort's ultimate fall from power. By taking in some of Harry's blood - blood which carried the magical protection from his mother, who sacrificed herself for him when he was an infant - Voldemort anchored Harry's life to his own. This would allow Harry to survive the Killing Curse Voldemort struck him with during the Battle of Hogwarts in on 2 May 1998, destroying the Horcrux within Harry and setting the stage for their final duel.[10]

The Hanged Man

The Hanged Man was a local pub, in which many townspeople gossiped about the Riddle murders. Since the Riddles were slain with the Killing Curse, the Muggle authorities could not determine the cause of death (as the curse left no signs of physical injury), and many people suspected that Frank Bryce had murdered them.[1]

Frank Bryce's cottage

This cottage, bordering the Little Hangleton graveyard, was the permanent residence of Frank Bryce. It was from here that he saw lights from the Riddle House in 1994, and - thinking it to be local children causing mischief - investigated, leading to his death.[1]

Known residents

Etymology

Hangleton derives from "hangle", an iron pothook[13] and "-ton", a suffix meaning "town" and which is thus often used in the names of municipalities.

Behind the scenes

  • Harry Potter only ever physically visited Little Hangleton during the Return of Tom Riddle; however, he went there in memories presented to him by Albus Dumbledore quite a few times. Also, despite being in Little Hangleton again, through memories, Harry doesn't recognise the graveyard.
  • In the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Little Hangleton always seems to have a dark, shadowy landscape with cloudy weather. Though there is no mention in the book, it is possible that it was made to add in with the murderous history that occurred in the village. However, it could also be that all of Little Hangleton's scenes in the film took place during night-time, and that dark magical activities were occurring because of Lord Voldemort, Peter Pettigrew, and Barty Crouch Jnr's evil plans.
  • Little Whinging is in the far north-western corner of Surrey (since Harry had travelled there by way of Paddington Station). A circle drawn of 200 miles would point out to the ocean, but the line crosses some parts of Wales, York, Cornwall and Middleborough, indicating that Little Hangleton is located somewhere in the midsection of England, though it is unknown exactly where the village is located.

Appearances

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