Map showing the
Bree-hill and the
Bree-land (somewhat conjectural)
Map showing the
Bree-hill and the
Bree-land (somewhat conjectural)
The most prominent point in the Bree-land, on the slopes of which stood the villages of Bree itself (to the west) and Staddle (to the east).
Notes
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This is not so strange as it sounds. Duplication of elements like this often occurs in real place names, with perhaps the most extreme example being Torpenhow Hill in Cumbria, England, one possible interpretation of whose name would be 'Hill-hill-hill Hill'. More directly relevant to our topic here is Brill on the border of Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire, whose name comes from Bre hyll. That's literally 'Bree-hill', and Tolkien acknowledges a connection with his own 'Bree-hill' in Middle-earth. |
See also...
Bree-hobbits, Bree-land, Bree-landers, Chetwood, Combe, Old Toby, Pickthorn Family, Pipe-weed, South-gate of Bree, Southlinch, Staddle, Tom Pickthorn, Tunnelly Family, Underhill, Underhill Family, [See the full list...]Up-away, West-gate of Bree, Willie Banks
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