Editing Romsey (section)

== Media appearances ==
In [[Thomas Hardy's Wessex]], the town of Deansleigh is based on Romsey; and Deansleigh Park, the residence of Lady Mottisfont in ''[[A Group of Noble Dames]]'', is thought to be based on Broadlands.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T5qoDQAAQBAJ&q=thomas+hardy+romsey+deansleigh&pg=PT166|title=Thomas Hardy: A Textual Study of the Short Stories|last=Ray|first=Martin|publisher=Routledge|year=2016|isbn=978-1351879378|location=London|pages=105}}</ref>

In the 1980 and 1990s, Romsey was used as the location of fictional Sussex town [[Kingsmarkham]] in the television series ''[[The Ruth Rendell Mysteries]]''.<ref name="British Film Insitute - 27 October 2015 - Ruth Rendell Mysteries, The (1987-2000)">{{cite web |last1=Angelini |first1=Sergio |title=Ruth Rendell Mysteries, The (1987–2000) |url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/tv/id/976224/index.html |website=[[Screenonline]] |publisher=[[British Film Institute]] |access-date=7 November 2018}}</ref> Romsey locations appear throughout the series concerning Inspector Wexford played by [[George Baker (British actor)|George Baker]]. The location used for the fictional police station was the former Romsey Magistrates' Court in Church Street.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://inspectorwexford.info/filming-locations/|title=Filming Locations • Inspector Wexford|website=inspectorwexford.info|access-date=20 August 2019}}</ref>

A fictional "underground car park in Romsey" is referred to in an episode of the TV series ''[[Absolutely Fabulous]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.springfieldspringfield.co.uk/view_episode_scripts.php?tv-show=absolutely-fabulous-1992&episode=s03e02|title=Absolutely Fabulous (1992) s03e02 Episode Script &#124; SS|website=Springfieldspringfield.co.uk|access-date=6 April 2022}}</ref>