The Encyclopedia of Arda - an interactive guide to the world of J.R.R. Tolkien
ALPHABETICAL RACES PLACES MISCELLANEOUS REFERENCE INTERACTIVE SHARE
Latest Chronicle Calendar Old and rare words Lexicon of names Links Random
Dates
Made no earlier than III 16011 (year 1 by the Shire-reckoning): survived into the Fourth Age
Location
Running between Bywater and Hobbiton in the Westfarthing of the Shire
Race
Hobbits
Culture
Shire-hobbits
Settlements
The road ran from (or perhaps through)1 Bywater in an approximately northwestward direction to Hobbiton
Meaning
Simply the road to Hobbiton, where Hobbiton means 'Hobbit town'
Other names
The Hobbiton Road was a continuation of the Bywater Road

Indexes:

About this entry:

  • Updated 11 May 2022
  • This entry is complete

Hobbiton Road

The road from Bywater to Hobbiton

Map of the Hobbiton Road

Near the Three-Farthing Stone, a road branched off the main East Road of the Shire, and ran northwestwards through Bywater and Hobbiton, and on towards Little Delving. This was the Bywater Road, also known - at least for the part of its length between Bywater and Hobbiton - as the Hobbiton Road. The road was normally lined with trees, but during Sharkey's occupation of the Shire, the trees were felled, and ugly new houses were raised along the roadside.


Notes

1

The length and extent of the Hobbiton Road isn't explained in detail. All we can say for sure is that the road was known as the Hobbiton Road at the point where it ran past the Bywater Pool, westward of Bywater itself on the way to Hobbiton. Before this, the southern section of the same road (from the East Road to Bywater) is named as the Bywater Road. The most natural assumption would probably be that the road was the 'Bywater Road' until it passed through Bywater, at which point its name changed to the 'Hobbiton Road'. However, this arrangement is far from definite; as an alternative, it might be taken that 'Bywater Road' and 'Hobbiton Road' were simply different names for the same stretch of roadway.

See also...

Bywater Road

Indexes:

About this entry:

  • Updated 11 May 2022
  • This entry is complete

For acknowledgements and references, see the Disclaimer & Bibliography page.

Original content © copyright Mark Fisher 2007, 2021-2022. All rights reserved. For conditions of reuse, see the Site FAQ.

Website services kindly sponsored by Discus from Axiom Software Ltd.
Discus provides all the tools you need to build DISC personality profiling into your own Website.
The Encyclopedia of Arda
The Encyclopedia of Arda
Menu
Homepage Search Latest Entries and Updates Random Entry

Hobbiton Road

The road from Bywater to Hobbiton

Dates
Made no earlier than III 16011 (year 1 by the Shire-reckoning): survived into the Fourth Age
Location
Running between Bywater and Hobbiton in the Westfarthing of the Shire
Race
Hobbits
Culture
Shire-hobbits
Settlements
The road ran from (or perhaps through)1 Bywater in an approximately northwestward direction to Hobbiton
Meaning
Simply the road to Hobbiton, where Hobbiton means 'Hobbit town'
Other names
The Hobbiton Road was a continuation of the Bywater Road

Indexes:

About this entry:

  • Updated 11 May 2022
  • This entry is complete

Hobbiton Road

The road from Bywater to Hobbiton

Map of the Hobbiton Road

Near the Three-Farthing Stone, a road branched off the main East Road of the Shire, and ran northwestwards through Bywater and Hobbiton, and on towards Little Delving. This was the Bywater Road, also known - at least for the part of its length between Bywater and Hobbiton - as the Hobbiton Road. The road was normally lined with trees, but during Sharkey's occupation of the Shire, the trees were felled, and ugly new houses were raised along the roadside.


Notes

1

The length and extent of the Hobbiton Road isn't explained in detail. All we can say for sure is that the road was known as the Hobbiton Road at the point where it ran past the Bywater Pool, westward of Bywater itself on the way to Hobbiton. Before this, the southern section of the same road (from the East Road to Bywater) is named as the Bywater Road. The most natural assumption would probably be that the road was the 'Bywater Road' until it passed through Bywater, at which point its name changed to the 'Hobbiton Road'. However, this arrangement is far from definite; as an alternative, it might be taken that 'Bywater Road' and 'Hobbiton Road' were simply different names for the same stretch of roadway.

See also...

Bywater Road

Indexes:

About this entry:

  • Updated 11 May 2022
  • This entry is complete

For acknowledgements and references, see the Disclaimer & Bibliography page.

Original content © copyright Mark Fisher 2007, 2021-2022. All rights reserved. For conditions of reuse, see the Site FAQ.

Website services kindly sponsored by Discus from Axiom Software Ltd.
Discus provides all the tools you need to build DISC personality profiling into your own Website.