David Copperfield was indeed born and lived in The Rookery at Blunderston.A claim has been made that Blunderston Hall is the original Rookery, in that the inside coincides more fully with the description of David's birthplace than the other claimant, The Rectory. Conversely, the view of the gravestones, the sundial on the church, the chuchyard gate can only be seen from The Rectory.
One of our local claims to fame along with Lord Nelson and just round the corner from me !!