original ) (raw )
Dates Founded no earlier than III 1601 1 (year 1 by the Shire-reckoning ): survived into the Fourth Age Location A town in the centre of the Shire , near the eastern borders of the Westfarthing Race Culture Family The town was most closely associated with the Baggins family Important peaks Pronunciation ho'bbiton Meaning Simply 'Hobbit village' or 'Hobbit town' Indexes: Alphabetical: H Cities and Buildings About this entry: Updated 12 August 2012 Updates planned: 1
The township beneath the Hill Shire , within the borders of the Westfarthing . The town was overlooked by Hobbiton Hill (usually called simply 'The Hill '), in which was Bag End , the home of Bilbo Baggins , and later of his heir Frodo . Notes 1 We have no specific reference to the founding of Hobbiton, but it is described as being one of the older settlements of the Shire . In principle, it might date back to the first years after the founding of the Shire itself. 2 The map shown here follows the large-scale Shire map from The Lord of the Rings , but later comments from Tolkien suggest that that map should perhaps not be taken as completely reliable. According to late notes reproduced in The History of the Hobbit , in the time before the War of the Ring there were no buildings at all southward of the road junction at Hobbiton's southern end. During the time Sharkey held control over the Shire , a block of new buildings was apparently constructed on the southern side of the road, but it seems that construction there was never as extensive as the Lord of the Rings Shire map (and by extension the map shown here) might imply. See also... An Unexpected Party , Andwise ‘Andy’ Roper , Baggins Family , Bilbo Baggins , Bindbole Wood , Birthday Party , Blanco Bracegirdle , Bree-hobbits , Bywater , Bywater Pool , Bywater Road , Chestnuts , Cock-robin , Doderic Brandybuck , Drogo Baggins , [See the full list...]Erling , Folco Boffin , Folklands , Fortinbras Took II , Four Farthings , Foxes , Frodo Baggins , Frogmorton , Gamgee Family , Goodchild Family , Great East Road , Green Dragon , Greenhand Family , Halfast ‘Hal’ Gamgee , Halfred Gamgee , Halfred Greenhand , Halfred of Overhill , Hamfast ‘Gaffer’ Gamgee , Hamson Gamgee , Hending , Hobbiton Hill , Hobbiton Road , Holman Greenhand , Holman ‘Long Hom’ Cotton , Holman the greenhanded , Ivy , Khamûl , Lobelia Sackville-Baggins (née Bracegirdle) , Lord of the Nazgûl , Lotho Sackville-Baggins , Malinorni , May Gamgee , Nobottle , Oatbarton , Old Grange , Old Mill , Old Noakes , Overhill , Party Field , Party Tree , Pool Side , Primula Brandybuck , River Baranduin , Robin ‘Cock-robin’ Smallburrow , Roper Gamgee , Rose , Rowan , Rumble Family , Rushock Bog , Sandyman , Sandyman Family , Sharkey’s Men , Shire-moot , Smials , Ted Sandyman , Thain of the Shire , The Floating Log , The greenhanded , The Ivy Bush , The Pool , The Ring-bearer , The Water , Tighfield , Twofoot Family , Underhill , Underhill Family , Vigo Boffin , Water-valley , Westfarthing of the Shire Indexes: Alphabetical: H Cities and Buildings About this entry: Updated 12 August 2012 Updates planned: 1 For acknowledgements and references, see the Disclaimer & Bibliography page. Original content © copyright Mark Fisher 1998, 2001, 2007, 2012. All rights reserved. For conditions of reuse, see the Site FAQ . Website services kindly sponsored by Discus from Axiom Software Ltd .Discus creates personality test reports in natural language tailored to each individual DISC personality profile .
Hobbiton and the surrounding area2 Hobbiton and the surrounding area2 Large town in the central regions of the Shire, within the borders of the Westfarthing. The town was overlooked by Hobbiton Hill (usually called simply 'The Hill'), in which was Bag End, the home of Bilbo Baggins, and later of his heir Frodo. Notes 1 We have no specific reference to the founding of Hobbiton, but it is described as being one of the older settlements of the Shire. In principle, it might date back to the first years after the founding of the Shire itself. 2 The map shown here follows the large-scale Shire map from The Lord of the Rings, but later comments from Tolkien suggest that that map should perhaps not be taken as completely reliable. According to late notes reproduced in The History of the Hobbit, in the time before the War of the Ring there were no buildings at all southward of the road junction at Hobbiton's southern end. During the time Sharkey held control over the Shire, a block of new buildings was apparently constructed on the southern side of the road, but it seems that construction there was never as extensive as the Lord of the Rings Shire map (and by extension the map shown here) might imply. See also... An Unexpected Party, Andwise ‘Andy’ Roper, Baggins Family, Bilbo Baggins, Bindbole Wood, Birthday Party, Blanco Bracegirdle, Bree-hobbits, Bywater, Bywater Pool, Bywater Road, Chestnuts, Cock-robin, Doderic Brandybuck, Drogo Baggins, [See the full list...]Erling, Folco Boffin, Folklands, Fortinbras Took II, Four Farthings, Foxes, Frodo Baggins, Frogmorton, Gamgee Family, Goodchild Family, Great East Road, Green Dragon, Greenhand Family, Halfast ‘Hal’ Gamgee, Halfred Gamgee, Halfred Greenhand, Halfred of Overhill, Hamfast ‘Gaffer’ Gamgee, Hamson Gamgee, Hending, Hobbiton Hill, Hobbiton Road, Holman Greenhand, Holman ‘Long Hom’ Cotton, Holman the greenhanded, Ivy, Khamûl, Lobelia Sackville-Baggins (née Bracegirdle), Lord of the Nazgûl, Lotho Sackville-Baggins, Malinorni, May Gamgee, Nobottle, Oatbarton, Old Grange, Old Mill, Old Noakes, Overhill, Party Field, Party Tree, Pool Side, Primula Brandybuck, River Baranduin, Robin ‘Cock-robin’ Smallburrow, Roper Gamgee, Rose, Rowan, Rumble Family, Rushock Bog, Sandyman, Sandyman Family, Sharkey’s Men, Shire-moot, Smials, Ted Sandyman, Thain of the Shire, The Floating Log, The greenhanded, The Ivy Bush, The Pool, The Ring-bearer, The Water, Tighfield, Twofoot Family, Underhill, Underhill Family, Vigo Boffin, Water-valley, Westfarthing of the Shire Indexes: Alphabetical: H Cities and Buildings About this entry: Updated 12 August 2012 Updates planned: 1 For acknowledgements and references, see the Disclaimer & Bibliography page. Original content © copyright Mark Fisher 1998, 2001, 2007, 2012. All rights reserved. For conditions of reuse, see the Site FAQ. Website services kindly sponsored by Discus from Axiom Software Ltd.Discus creates personality test reports in natural language tailored to each individual DISC personality profile.