Fictional location file · 1 case
Great Pelfe
Great Pelfe is a fictional Midsomer village. Scenes in its linked episodes were filmed at Beaconsfield, Great Haseley, Thame.
The fictional village of Great Pelfe appears in 1 Midsomer Murders case, in Not in My Back Yard. Its screen identity sits among classic stories. Explore the linked episodes below to follow the village through the series.
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Casebook interpretation
Welcome to Great Pelfe
Great Pelfe is shaped by one linked case. Its stories lean toward classic.
Editorial interpretation The village is fictional; real places linked to its stories are listed below when known.
What the Casebook has on file
At a glance
The details below describe the village as it appears in the programme; Midsomer is a fictional county.
- Cases
- 1
- On-screen years
- 2011
- Barnaby era
- Tom Barnaby
- Detective
- DCI Tom Barnaby
- Investigating partner
- DS Ben Jones
- Casebook tone
- Classic
Stories set here
Cases connected to Great Pelfe
Spoiler-light summaries, with a direct route into each complete episode file.
Institutions & village life
Places and village life
No separate pub, school, church, club or business is named in the linked case information.
Curated story character
Themes associated with this setting
Four distinctive ingredients are shown here. Linked case files retain the complete theme record without overwhelming the village portrait.
Fan calculation · not canon
Village survival card
- Case-file danger
- ●○○○○
- Documented cases
- 1
- Most suspicious pastime
- Development
- Best precaution
- Decline the invitation politely
This playful score uses only the number of linked cases and breadth of recorded themes. It is not a population or canonical crime-rate statistic.
Fiction versus filming
Real places connected to these cases
These are broader verified filming areas attached to the episode files—not proof that one real village represents the whole fictional setting.
Beaconsfield
Old-town architecture, churches and nearby estates have supplied homes, police buildings and village streets throughout the run.
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Great Haseley
Its village hall, church, pub and cottages repeatedly become community venues across different Midsomer villages.
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Thame
A versatile Causton and village backdrop whose town hall, museum, shops and surrounding estates take many identities.
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