Something About Gorey

Gorey is a village in the parishes of Saint Martin and Grouville on the east coast of the island of Jersey, a British Crown Dependency near the coast of Normandy, France.  Irwin Terry shared some comments about the village at Goreyana:

I do not know Edward Gorey's ancestry, but it is possible that he inherited his surname from this village. It is intriguing to think that Mr. Gorey is named after a castled village that resides on an Isle that is not completely independent but is not really French or English. As  fans of Mr. Gorey know, he was born is Chicago, Illinois, is often thought to be English, and he majored in French in college. Even the castle resembles the castle in the illustration for the back cover of The Secret of the Underground Room by John Bellairs.