Hooper appeared; he was a sallow youth with hair combed back, without parting, from his forehead, and a flat, Midland accent; he had been in the company two months.

[brideshead-castle]

EW does not particularise it, but it is an accent from the central counties of England. Hooper could, for example, come from Birmingham, the second city of England.

(Cliffe)

Midlands

• As in the North, Midlands accents generally do not use a broad A, so that cast is pronounced [kast] rather than the [k