Ruth Barbara Rendell, Baroness Rendell of Babergh, was an English author of thrillers and psychological murder mysteries.
Rendell in 1985
Loughton is a town and civil parish in the Epping Forest District of Essex, within the metropolitan and urban area of London, England. Situated 12 miles (19 km) north-east of Charing Cross, the town borders Waltham Abbey, Theydon Bois, Chigwell, Chingford, and Buckhurst Hill.
High Road, Loughton
Loughton Hall today
View of Epping Forest from Baldwins Hill
Lopping Hall was opened in 1884 in compensation for the loss of the right to lop wood in Epping Forest