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Dates
Bree is first recorded c. III 1300, but had apparently existed for some considerable time before this
Location
Associated with Bree, which lay within the Bree-land, eastward of the Shire
Race
Mainly populated by Hobbits
Culture
Family
At least one member of the Banks family was known to live in this area
Settlements
Apparently a part of Bree
Important peaks
The name 'Up-away' seems to be a reference to the higher slopes of the Bree-hill

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Up-away

The home of Willie Banks

When Barliman Butterbur reported the deaths that occurred during the fighting in Bree, he spoke of one of the Hobbits who died as being Willie Banks from up-away. The reference here is not absolutely certain, but we can assume that 'up-away' did not describe Staddle (where most of the Bree-hobbits lived) because the other victim among the Hobbits was named specifically as coming from that village.

Within the town of Bree itself, the Bree-men generally lived on the lower parts of the Bree-hill, while the Bree-hobbits preferred its higher slopes, above the houses of Men. This seems to be what Butterbur was referring to with his phrase 'up-away', suggesting that while Willie Banks came from the town of Bree, he probably lived in the high Hobbit dwellings farther up the hill than Butterbur's own Inn, and the houses of Men around it.


See also...

Willie Banks

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