Phileas Postlethwaite

History
Phileas Postlethwaite, an amateur anthropologist who moves into the Lane and starts making observations about people, places and events. Officially the new curate at the Little Street Ministry of the God Without A Name, Phileas has recently arrived from the country, and is keen to start earning a living to support his ailing mother and younger siblings. He is enchanted, appalled, fascinated and distressed by the denizens and customs of the Lane - sometimes all at once - and makes it his mission to document this astonishing new world.