Dates
Bree is first mentioned in annals c. III 1300, but the land around it had apparently been settled for some considerable time before this
Location
Around the Bree-hill, at the crossing of the Greenway and the Great Road
Races
Division
The Bree-men were descended from the Northmen
Culture
Settlements
Important peaks
Meaning
Bree is an old word for 'hill', so 'Bree-land' is ultimately the 'land around the hill'
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The land around the Bree-hill
The Bree-land (somewhat conjectural) 1
The Bree-land (somewhat conjectural) 1
The land around the Bree-hill, the chief township of which was Bree itself, but which also comprised the villages of Staddle, Combe and Archet.
Notes
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The villages of Archet, Combe and Staddle do not appear on any original map, and so their placement here is based on descriptions in the text.
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See also...
Appledore Family, Archet, Argeleb II, Black Men, Bree-hill, Bree-hobbits, Bree-landers, Bree-men, Combe, Eastfarthing of the Shire, Forelithe, Hobbit-lands, Inn of Bree, Lone-lands, Men of Darkness, [See the full list...]Outsiders, Pickthorn Family, Pipe-weed, Ponies, Rowlie Appledore, Rushlight Family, Shire Calendar, Smials, Southern Star, Southlinch, Staddle, Stick-at-naught, The Wilderness, Thrimidge, Tunnelly Family, Underhill, Wise-nose
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