Bag End

**Will** · 24-01-2007, 11:04 PM

I heard an interesting little fact the other day. Apparently there is a farm somewhere in Warwickshire called Bag End Farm, where a young JRR Tolkien lived with his relations for a while. Which is obviously where he got the name for Bilbo Baggins's house in The Hobbit, Lord of the Rings, etc.

Thought that was an interesting fact worth sharing. Does anyone here know exactly where it was?

chillitt · 24-01-2007, 11:56 PM

here... Dormston and Bag End

optrex · 25-01-2007, 12:38 PM

Nice one chillitt

Madhatter · 25-01-2007, 12:59 PM

Okay, what other famous places are there in Warwickshire?.

chillitt · 25-01-2007, 01:46 PM

great, isn'it? there is a picture there, that shows a footpath from bag end towards the black mountains.... wonder if it goes under hill and over hill.. might have to go for a day out.

Lex · 27-01-2007, 11:10 AM

Tolkien got his inspiration from all over Warwickshire & Birmingham. There's a tower near where he lived in Brum that was the basis of Isenguard (I'm pretty sure it it, anyway); Warwick (where Tolkien got married) gave him the idea for some of the background stories for the world he created.
Bedon Hill & the Malverns bear an uncanny resembleance to Bree & the Weather Hills.
As well as the local countryside, Tolkien was influenced by his strong Catholic beliefs & anti-indurialisation sentiments. Lord of the Rings is basically considered to be a story about the evils of industrialization (Sauron & his orcs etc) and the fight for survival of a more simple and innocent time, with a good helping of analogous Bible stories (the creation story in The Silmirillion is a rewritten version of Genesis)

24-01-2007, 11:04 PM	#1 (permalink)
Will Administrator Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Stratford Upon Avon Posts: 1,005	Bag End I heard an interesting little fact the other day. Apparently there is a farm somewhere in Warwickshire called Bag End Farm, where a young JRR Tolkien lived with his relations for a while. Which is obviously where he got the name for Bilbo Baggins's house in The Hobbit, Lord of the Rings, etc. Thought that was an interesting fact worth sharing. Does anyone here know exactly where it was? __________________ --==Forum Admin Will==-- Your Friendly Forum Admin. - Contact me.

25-01-2007, 12:38 PM	#3 (permalink)
optrex Community Senior Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Tamworth Posts: 513	Nice one chillitt __________________ Live UK Lightning and Strom Tracking Midlands Weather Forum - Tamworth Weather Station - NZ Weather

25-01-2007, 12:59 PM	#4 (permalink)
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24-01-2007, 11:56 PM	#2 (permalink)
chillitt Running on empty Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: warwick Posts: 473	here... Dormston and Bag End

25-01-2007, 01:46 PM	#5 (permalink)
chillitt Running on empty Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: warwick Posts: 473	great, isn'it? there is a picture there, that shows a footpath from bag end towards the black mountains.... wonder if it goes under hill and over hill.. might have to go for a day out.

27-01-2007, 11:10 AM	#6 (permalink)
Lex Good Grief.... Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Stratford Posts: 569	Tolkien got his inspiration from all over Warwickshire & Birmingham. There's a tower near where he lived in Brum that was the basis of Isenguard (I'm pretty sure it it, anyway); Warwick (where Tolkien got married) gave him the idea for some of the background stories for the world he created. Bedon Hill & the Malverns bear an uncanny resembleance to Bree & the Weather Hills. As well as the local countryside, Tolkien was influenced by his strong Catholic beliefs & anti-indurialisation sentiments. Lord of the Rings is basically considered to be a story about the evils of industrialization (Sauron & his orcs etc) and the fight for survival of a more simple and innocent time, with a good helping of analogous Bible stories (the creation story in The Silmirillion is a rewritten version of Genesis)