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Dates
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Descended from the Gamgee family
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Apparently associated Bag End, or at least with Hobbiton Hill
Meaning
Harding is Old English for 'hard one' (meaning a brave hero); Harding's 'Hill' is presumably a reference to Hobbiton Hill
Notes
This Hobbit is not to be confused with a Man who shared the same name; for that warrior of Rohan, see the entry for Harding of Rohan
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Harding of the HillA great-grandson of Samwise Gamgee
A great-grandson of Samwise Gamgee, Harding was the son of Holfast Gardner, who in turn was the son of Frodo Gardner, the second child and eldest son of Samwise. Harding was born in the year 1501 by the Shire-reckoning (or IV 80, some nineteen years after his famous great-grandfather passed into the West). The descendants of Sam Gamgee's eldest child Elanor dwelt at Undertowers on the Tower Hills, so it seems that Bag End must have been passed down to Sam's second child Frodo, and so to Frodo's descendants, of whom Harding is the last recorded. This explains Harding's full name 'Harding of the Hill', where the 'Hill' is apparently a reference to Hobbiton Hill, within which Bag End lay. See also...Frodo Gardner, Gardner Family, Harding, Hobbiton Hill, Holfast Gardner For acknowledgements and references, see the Disclaimer & Bibliography page. Original content © copyright Mark Fisher 2007-2008, 2013, 2020. All rights reserved. For conditions of reuse, see the Site FAQ. Website services kindly sponsored by Axiom Discovery aptitude and skill testing.Axiom Discovery gives you comprehensive online aptitude testing covering core skills across a wide range of disciplines. |
