More, however, stood with their hands in their pockets; for East anglia is constitutionally phlegmatic, and not all the village had joined in the indignant excesses of the evening.
"Peccavi"
E. W. Hornung
This feature, common in East anglia and the south-west of England, was the result of the importance of carved and painted wood-work in late Gothic churches.
"The Ground Plan of the English Parish Church"
A. Hamilton Thompson
In Southern Europe that type abounds; it is also to be met with throughout Britain, perhaps most common in the southern counties, and it is not uncommon in East anglia.
"Afoot in England"
W.H. Hudson