>The fact they’re commemorated in the Wiltshire chalk makes it even more Pratchettian. To explain, Pratchett lived in Broad Chalke, only a few miles from Fovan

>The fact they’re commemorated in the Wiltshire chalk makes it even more Pratchettian. To explain, Pratchett lived in Broad Chalke, only a few miles from Fovant. As somebody curious about many things, and living so close to them, I think it's likely that he saw the Fovant Badges.