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(click to enlarge). NB - for ''Marthwaite'' read ''Maithwaite''.]] Sodor is a fictional island in the Irish Sea . Although there is a Church of England diocese called Sodor And Man , there is no island named Sodor. This name was therefore chosen by the Rev. W. Awdry (an Anglican Clergyman )as the imaginary island setting for his '' Railway Series '' books, which were turned into the television series Thomas The Tank Engine And Friends . Sodor is supposed to be in the Irish Sea, between the Isle Of Man and Barrow-in-Furness in Cumbria . Sodor is usually shown as much larger than Man. It is often shown as roughly Diamond -shaped, 62 miles wide east to west and 51 miles long north to south. Its northwest coast is separated from the Isle of Man by a sea Strait called the Sudrian Sea, four miles wide. Its northeast edge overrides and replaces the real Walney Island . The place names on Sodor are mostly a mixture of , which is based on the Snowdon Mountain Railway in Wales . The ancient capital of Sodor was Suddery but Tidmouth is now the largest town. Other principal towns on the island include Vicarstown (a suburb of Barrow-in-Furness), Knapford , Elsbridge , Peel Godred (site of a large aluminium works), Arlesburgh, Kirkronan, Brendam, Ffarquhar , Ulfstead (where the Duke of Sodor has his home, Ulfstead Castle), Crovan's Gate , Ballahoo, Cronk and Norramby. |
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