# Mysteries set in British vicarages (past/present)?

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**Created:** [April 29, 2003, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mysteries-set-in-british-vicarages-past-present/171973 "2003-04-29T19:15:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![KXL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e47774/32.png) [@KXL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KXL)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2003, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mysteries-set-in-british-vicarages-past-present/171973/1 "2003-04-29T19:15:22Z")

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Can anyone reccommend mysteries set in British vicarages – past, present, whatever? What I’m looking for is lots of vicar-doing-everyday-stuff (writing sermons, meeting with parishioners).

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**Author:** ![delphica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9a140/32.png) [@delphica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/delphica)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2003, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mysteries-set-in-british-vicarages-past-present/171973/2 "2003-04-29T19:25:52Z")

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**Nine Tailors** , by Dorothy Sayers. It features Sir Peter Wimsey as the houseguest of a vicar and his wife.

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**Author:** ![Papermache\_Prince](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f05b48/32.png) [@Papermache\_Prince](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Papermache_Prince)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2003, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mysteries-set-in-british-vicarages-past-present/171973/3 "2003-04-29T19:42:23Z")

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Agatha Christie’s [The Murder at the Vicarage](http://www.agathachristie.com/essentials/mustread/1959.shtml).