Bumley-on-Zen

Bumley-on-Zen, better known as Bumley, is a village located in Sawdus Freehold in the Commonwealth of Pem. It is situated to the south-west of Pembleton, along the western high-road. Pembleton Illustrated News readers consistently vote Bumley as Pembleton metropolitan area's 'most disappointing place to live'.
Despite its name, the village has very little access to the river it is named after, being largely perched on top of a hill. Originally settled as a satellite to Dry River and its sprawling fields, and situated along the Westbridge Road at what was once a critical halfway point for the stagecoaches of the pre-railway era, it later grew into a community for like-minded farm labourers, as well as the home of a thriving coaching inn - the Black Goat. 
Following the construction of the Grand Trunk Railway and the subsequent decline of road traffic in the region, the inn later fell into decline and subsequently fell down. It was later rebuilt by the villagefolk as a pub, before subsequently falling down a second time due to the inexpertise of the carpenters involved in the project, and rebuilt again in its current form around 321BGE, when it was subsequently renamed as the Berry Bough.
The town is referenced in the Middle Pemblish saga 'The Song of Robert the Beagle', where the Rubellite hero Robert is said to have fought a 'tremendous serpent of unusual cunning'. Many modern Bumleyans are keen to make wry comments on the supposed resemblance between the serpent and local resort entrepreneur Walt Bumlin, particularly relating to his supposed connections with the parish council. 
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