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 Borough is located in north-central Montgomery County roughly three miles north of the Lansdale Interchange of the Northeast Extension and about 30 miles north of center city Philadelphia. The Borough is just over 400 acres (0.63 square miles) in area and is completely surrounded by Hatfield Township. The Borough is a traditional small town with a healthy mix of residential, commercial, and industrial uses.