<P> In September 1939 , as Britain stands on the brink of the war , many young children from the cities are evacuated to the countryside to escape an imminent German bombardment . Willie Beech , a boy from Deptford who is physically and emotionally abused by his mother , arrives at the home of Tom Oakley , a widower in his sixties who lives in the village of Little Weirwold . The boy is thinly clad , underfed and covered with painful bruises , and believes he is full of sin , a result of his upbringing by his mother , a domineering , insane , God - fearing widow . </P>
<P> In September 1939 , as Britain stands on the brink of the war , many young children from the cities are evacuated to the countryside to escape an imminent German bombardment . Willie Beech , a boy from Deptford who is physically and emotionally abused by his mother , arrives at the home of Tom Oakley , a widower in his sixties who lives in the village of Little Weirwold . The boy is thinly clad , underfed and covered with painful bruises , and believes he is full of sin , a result of his upbringing by his mother , a domineering , insane , God - fearing widow . </P>
what is the name of the village in goodnight mr tom
what is the name of the village in goodnight mr tom
the village of Little Weirwold
the village of Little Weirwold