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.
Cheshire County Sheriff's Office 12 Court Street Keene NH 03431 40.1 miles from North Hatfield 603-352-4238. Worcester County Sheriff's Office 5 Paul X Tivnan Drive West Boylston MA 01583 43.8 miles from North Hatfield 508-854-1800. Bennington County Sheriff's Office 212 Lincoln Street Woodford VT 05201 44.0 miles from North Hatfield 802-442-4900