The term became associated with ghost stories and horror novels because early Gothic novels were often associated with the Middle Ages and with things wild, bloody, and barbarous of long ago as J. A. Cuddon puts it in his Dictionary of Literary Terms (381).
Hatfield, Massachusetts. Hatfield is a town in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 3,249 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Springfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area. Part of the town is included in the census-designated place of Hatfield.
Hatfield is an unincorporated census-designated place in Luce Township, Spencer County, Indiana. Its population was 813 at the 2010 census. Hatfield was originally called Fair Fight, and under the latter name was laid out in 1883 by James Hatfield. A post office called Hatfield has been in operation since 1886. Hatfield is located at 37Â°54â²09â³N 87Â°13â²27â³W / 37.90250Â°N 87.22417Â°W / 37.90250; -87.22417. ^ US Board on Geographic Names.