Maps of Movies

The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949)

Where The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad says it takes place, and where it was really shot.

An animated film with no real shooting location: only London, the Tower and Sleepy Hollow are real places on the map.

Scenes and places

The library that frames both tales

Two narrators stand in a library and pick one character each to start from. Basil Rathbone chooses Mr. Toad; Bing Crosby chooses Ichabod.

Set in A library (live-action framing) — A library where two narrators introduce the two stories.

A library used only as a frame; no real place is named.

Toad Hall, London (1905)

Toad is the rich owner of Toad Hall, and his friends worry about his latest craze for a gypsy cart. Rat and Mole try to talk him out of it and fail.

Set in Toad Hall, London (fictional estate) — Toad's estate in London in 1905, close to bankruptcy because of his manias.

The house is invented; the coordinate is only the centre of London.

Locked in the bedroom (1905)

Toad is taken over by motor mania, so his friends lock him in. He escapes anyway and ends up accused of stealing a car.

Set in Toad's bedroom — The room where Rat and Mole lock Toad up after he sees his first motor car.

An invented room inside the fictional estate.

Toad's trial (1905)

Toad defends himself and calls Cyril, who says weasels stole the car. The court does not believe it, so Toad calls the barman Mr. Winky, and that goes badly.

Set in The courtroom — The court where Toad defends himself with his horse Cyril as first witness.

A courtroom with no real location given.

Sentenced to the Tower of London (1905)

Found guilty, Toad is locked up in the Tower of London while his friends try an appeal that goes nowhere. On Christmas Eve his horse Cyril turns up with a disguise.

Set in Tower of London — Where Toad is sent to serve his sentence. Google Maps · Apple Maps

The real Tower of London; the film's jail is an animated version.

The stolen engine (1905)

Disguised, Toad takes an engine from a station and runs for the river with the police behind him.

Set in A railway station — A station where Toad hijacks an engine to get away.

No real station is named.

Hiding at the Rat's house (1905)

MacBadger tells the hidden Toad that the weasels now hold Toad Hall, which proves Toad's story true. The friends decide to sneak back in and take the deed.

Set in The Rat's house on the riverbank — Toad's hiding place, where MacBadger brings bad news.

A riverbank house with no real location given.

Sleepy Hollow, 1790 (1790)

Ichabod, odd-looking and a little vain, becomes the target of the local bully Brom Bones. He gets on well with his students and the village women.

Set in Sleepy Hollow village, near Tarrytown — The village where Ichabod Crane arrives as the new schoolmaster. Google Maps · Apple Maps

The real village of Sleepy Hollow, New York; the coordinate is the village centre, not a film location.

The Van Tassel harvest party (1790)

Both rivals go to the party for Katrina. Brom tries to keep Ichabod away from her and fails.

Set in Van Tassel's farm — The wealthy farmer's estate, where the annual Halloween frolic is held.

A farm with no real location given.

The woods and the Horseman's tale (1790)

Brom frightens the superstitious Ichabod with the Headless Horseman legend. Riding home alone on Gunpowder, Ichabod jumps at every sound.

Set in The Hollow and its woods — The road home through the Hollow, where Brom's story says a horseman appears.

An invented stretch of woods.

The old European cemetery (1790)

Ichabod hears hoofbeats, then laughs when it is only cattails knocking on a log. The laugh stops when the real Horseman appears.

Set in The old European cemetery — A graveyard on the road where Ichabod first thinks he hears a horse.

The film names no church or real graveyard.

The covered bridge chase (1790)

Ichabod remembers Brom's rule that a covered bridge is the way out and spurs Gunpowder toward it with the Horseman right behind.

Set in The covered bridge — The bridge Ichabod races toward with the Horseman behind him.

A covered bridge with no real location given.

Characters

• J. Thaddeus Toad — A rich estate owner who moves from one craze to the next.
• Ichabod Crane — The new schoolmaster of Sleepy Hollow, superstitious and eyeing a wealthy bride.
• Brom Bones — The village bully who wants to marry Katrina.