Henford-on-Bagley

Henford-on-Bagley

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Henford-on-Bagley
Name	Henford-on-Bagley
Game	The Sims 4: Cottage Living
Housed residents	14
Family bin Sims	2

Henford-on-Bagley is a world that is featured in The Sims 4: Cottage Living. The town is full of water holes and ponds for Sims to swim in, and each week a farm festival is attended by the town residents. Every lot by default has the Wild Foxes lot challenge enabled, making foxes naturally appear. Wild animals such as birds and rabbits also roam the world.

Henford-on-Bagley is famous for rolling hillsides, fresh farm produce and stonecarving which locals have been doing for hundreds of years. Princess Cordelia visited Henford-on-Bagley as one of first places after the Great Sloth Invasion.

The world was announced via a postcard, and also by an announcement post on the forums at TheSims.com.

Description

From the natural beauty of Cordelia Falls to the clear, brisk currents of the River Bagley, the mingling of earth and water makes Henford-on-Bagley a lovely place to visit, but perhaps and even lovelier place to live. Villagers here connect with the history of the land while finding friendship in the furry and feathery creatures that inhabit the woods. So what if the average neighbor is a little more gossipy? You couldn't ask for a better place to grow, tend, and nurture a more natural life.

Overview

Ramble the Bramblewood

Forage for mushrooms, befriend wild rabbits and birds, enjoy the ruins, and stop by Sophie The Snail in these lush woods

A Cozy Village

The small but lively village of Finchwick is home to friendly locals and shop stalls

Weekly Fair

Enter the weekly fair for a chance to prove that your animal, produce, or cooking is the cream of the crop

Neighborhoods

There are three neighborhoods in this world:

Finchwick

Old New Henford

The Bramblewood

Lots

There are 12 lots in Henford-on-Bagley, each separated into three neighborhoods. There is also a 64x64 lot.

Residential lots

Inhabited

• 3 Cobblebottom Street, owned by Scott (20x20)
• 4 Olde Mill Lane, owned by A New Start (30x20)
• 14 Nettle Lane, owned by Moody & McMillan (40x30)
• Olde Mill Hill, owned by Watson (64x64)

Uninhabited

• 1 Cobblebottom Street (20x15)
• 3 Olde Mill Lane (50x40)
• 5 Cobblebottom Street (30x20)
• Cordelia's Secret Cottage (30x20)

Empty lots

• 2 Olde Mill Lane (50x40)

Rental lots

• 13 Nettle Lane (30x20)

Community lots

• Isle of Volpe Park - National park (50x40)
• The Gnome's Arms - Bar (30x20)

Families

New families

Playable

A New Start household

§20,000

Cecilia Kang

After living in the big city and having her heart broken, Cecilia decided to ditch everything she knew for a small garden plot and some chickens. She's still looking for someone to share this life with, though after a date she'd love to forget with the local Creature Keeper Michael Bell, she's happy to only form long-term attachments with the critters that visit for now.

Moody & McMillan family

§22,000

Derek McMillan, Ian Moody

After working an office job for more years than he'd care to admit, Derek found a man willing to live the rustic dream of his youth and the two moved to his family cottage and never left. When not fending off financial offers from developers who see their home as a prime target, Ian and Derek balance their days between adventure and quiet, depending on who's in charge of the agenda. Despite- or perhaps because of their differences, time has been most kind to these elderly lovebirds, who live a contented retirement as key members of the Henford-on-Bagley community.

Scott family

§22,000

Simon Scott, Sara Scott

As owners of The Gnome's Arms, Finchwick's beloved pub, the Scotts are living the dream! Well, Sara's dream at least. Simon- a city boy with no more city around - still feels a bit awkward every time he runs into a chicken. Still, he's here to support his wife's dream. Will their hopes of adding a new member to their tiny family change things up for better or worse?

Watson family

§28,000

Thomas Watson, Rahmi Watson, Rashidah Watson, Imran Watson, Maira Watson

Inheriting the family estate was always the plan, but Thomas may be in over his head. For a man who equates success with crop size, he's losing both his confidence and his family. While his wife Rahmi loves the country air, her feelings for her husband are stale, and the affections have wandered. The oldest of the three children, Rashidah, feels trapped, preferring to dream of a future outside Henford-on-Bagley - dreams that have sparked something between her and a kindred soul. The two youngest couldn't be more different! Imran treasures the security of life at home while Maira can be found bravely venturing out into the unknown. Will this hectic family come together, or fall apart in their "old new" home.

Homeless

Chopra family

§22,000

Lavina Chopra, Rahul Chopra

Raising Rahul as a single mom hasn't been easy, but Lavina has grown to love the relationship, as well as the pleasure she gets out of keeping the village running smoothly and being a good neighbor. Rahul looks up to his capable mother, but after living in this small village all his life, yearns to travel and see the world. He can't quite bring himself to leave his mom all on her own, though.

Lavina Chopra is the Village Mayor and her son Rahul Chopra is the Grocery Deliverer.

Returning families

Crumplebottom family

§20,000

Agatha Crumplebottom, Agnes Crumplebottom

Agnes Crumplebottom and her cousin Agatha Crumplebottom are Garden Shop Owners in shifts.

WCIF

This family is hidden from Household Management

NPCs

• Michael Bell (Creature Keeper)
• Kim Goldbloom (Grocery Shop Owner)

Lore

• Did you know that the sunny flowers hanging in the lampposts around town all come from local gardens? Those in Finchwick are tended by any Sim with a spare moment, while others come from the homes of Henford-on-Bagley residents. In a way, their brightness is a reflection of the light we all shine on each other.
• The well in the center of Finchwick used to be filled with water, but a certain elderly local hit someone so hard with her purse that they almost fell in! After that, the mayor had it drained and filled with flowers.
• Well, if you're looking for the best place to fish in the Henford-on-Bagley area, you'll want to stop by Old New Henford and visit the pond at the base of Olde Mill Hill. I once knew a Sim who claims to have caught a wolf eel there!
• Even though Finchwick has grown from the days when it was nothing more than a cemetery and an aubergine seller, it still feels like the sort of place where we're all willing to help each other out.
• Simply because Old New Henford has been around for a while doesn't mean things don't change. Take the community garden, for example. An enterprising neighbor started it a few years back and the entire community has ensured that it's really taken off.
• A few years back, someone renovated a historic barn in the Old New Henford area. I love seeing history preserved in special ways like that, a reminder that we don't have to leave our pasts behind to move forward.
• One of the most romantic places in the Henford-on-Bagley area are the old Isle of Volpe ruins in the Bramblewood. Getting a kiss from your love when wrapped in their arms - why, it's like a scene from a movie. Don't we all want our happily ever after?
• Even though property values in the Bramblewood have risen quite steadily over the past few years, some who've lived in Henford-on-Bagley for quite some time have sworn they won't sell to those looking to turn the woods into the next hot vacation destination, or whatever it is they put on their brochures.
• Before the bridge-building frenzy a few hundred years back - you'd think the village was called Bridgertown or something - you'd have to swim if you wanted to cross the River Bagley. Sims would always have their swimming clothes handy when doing errands around town!
• It's rumored young nobles on secret holiday used to abscond to the cottage at the top of Cordelia Falls in the Bramblewood. Oh, to have seen what they did when they thought no one was watching!
• The ruins on the hill outside of Finchwick used to be a lord's manor - a grand house that looked over all of Henford-on-Bagley. If you look closely, you can still see them all the way from Old New Henford.
• Finchwick was so named due to all the greenfinches in the area. Lord Volpe loved the way they sang to each other. We also have robins, great tits, willow tits, goldcrests, and blackcaps for any Sim looking to do a bit of birding.
• Some people say Lord Volpe, the founder of Finchwick, had a pet fox, while others insist that he had a pet snail. There are no definitive records either way, but I like to think that Sophie the Snail is proof positive that he was a snail man. Why else would there be a snail maze in the Bramblewood?
• Finchwick was beset by pirates once! Princess Cordelia was visiting and it's rumored that she brought those scallywags as company. Then again, perhaps beset isn't quite the term to us, as they were all very polite while they were here. In fact, they're the ones who started the whole Finchwick Favor tradition!
• The Watson family used to own the entirety of the Old New Henford area, but over hundreds of years, they've been selling off plots one by one. I wouldn't be surprised if the half the headstones in the Finchwick cemetery were Watsons.

Seasons

With Seasons installed, Henford-on-Bagley features all four seasons. It is mostly cool, cloudy and mild, with partially cloudy and rainy weather dominating throughout the year and any occurrence of extreme weather events is quite rare or uncommon. Spring and fall tend to have rainfall with some chance of thunderstorms. Summers can be hot on sunny and partly cloudy weather forecast, but heat waves are never encountered. Thunderstorms however, can also occur in the summer. Winters can experienced some snowfall, but rainfall is more dominant than snow.

Trivia

• Henford-on-Bagley is based on villages on the British countryside, more specifically the Cotswolds.
• Many of the Sims living in Henford-on-Bagley have pre-set skills, likes, and dislikes relating to other packs. For example, Lavina Chopra has points in the parenting skill (from The Sims 4: Parenthood), and Rashidah Watson likes metal music (from The Sims 4: Nifty Knitting Stuff) and dislikes tween pop (from The Sims 4: Kids Room Stuff).
• Like Evergreen Harbor, Mt. Komorebi, Tartosa, Moonwood Mill, and Copperdale, Henford-on-Bagley contains some lots built by Simmers. The Simmers who built the lots in this world are Clare Siobhan, Hey Harrie, Thomas TV, and Devon Bumpkin.
• There is no evidence that the river Bagley that runs through Henford-on-Bagley is named after the Bagley family from Riverview, a downloadable world from The Sims 3 Store.
• Considering it is based on an English village, the name suggests that the town was once called Henford, but to differentiate itself from other Henfords, it is called Henford-on-Bagley, usually referring to the river it is upon. This happened to Shakespeare's birth place, Stratford-upon-Avon, which was a Stratford on the banks of the Avon River.
• Henford-on-Bagley has a completely different name in some translations of the game. In Spanish it is called Villagallina de la Bolsona and in Portuguese it is called Avelândia do Norte.