Streets named after LOTR!!! - Page 2 - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

burrahobbit · 07-03-2002, 09:52 PM

Today I saw a commercial on The History Channel for the edition that I posted above. It is called Rivendell and looks like it might be some sort of gated community. The footage was very pretty.

Thulorongil · 07-04-2002, 09:08 AM

jeez! one more reason that where I live is boring. All of our streets are trees or just where they are. I live on 2nd, west lake, and elm.

Oh well

Thulorongil · 07-04-2002, 09:11 AM

I do also keep telling my friend who'se obsessed with star wars that George took many things from Tolkien. She doesn't believe me.
I think it would be soooooo cool to live on a street named like that. What would be even better, though, would be if a whole town was.
Actually, there are! (i have to stop talking to myself)
My grandfather used to work on a farm near Underhill, Vermont. And there is a Buckland in Quebec, Canada and somewhere in Australia.

Mornie Alantie · 07-04-2002, 11:29 AM

I wanna Live on a LOTR street. I wish I could rename mine. Well, many of us could say we live on a street that's name was in the LOTR. [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img] [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

Thulorongil · 08-11-2002, 06:42 PM

Yay! I found one! A street near my Star Wars-loving friend's house (eerie coincidence) is called ITHILIEN! yippee!

Not yay! I just looked in the phonebook to find that two evil LotR and me-hating evil evil evil people live in/on Ithilien!!!

Probably got in by disguising their hideous orc-shapes with masks and cloaks, or black robes on black horses.............

08-11-2002, 09:17 PM

dang. i live in the cigarette section.

Ithaeliel · 08-15-2002, 08:30 PM

There is a slightly obscured and unpaved road near the southwestern side of Mt. Hood called Greenleaf. I saw it while driving up there.

[ August 15, 2002: Message edited by: Ithaeliel ]

Lhunbelethiel · 08-16-2002, 08:47 AM

Update- I am going to the section of San Jose where all the streets are LOTR themed this Sunday. I will bring my digital camera and will email the pix to the Barrow Wight and see if he will allow them to be posted in some way. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

Lhunbelethiel · 08-18-2002, 10:50 PM

Here are some of the streets in San Jose, CA where the theme is LOTR!

STREETS!

Many thanks to the Barrow Wight for posting them so quickly. There are several more streets I didn't get pictures of (people were looking at me funny) so I will go back soon. I missed Bilbo Ct., Shadowfax Dr., and some others.

[ August 19, 2002: Message edited by: Lhunbelethiel ]

08-20-2002, 11:59 AM

Cool! I live close to San Jose myself. In fact, my aunt from my mother's side lives there. I've never heard of the streets named after LOTR, though.

Samwise · 08-20-2002, 12:57 PM

Wow! Those are great! I didn't realize that the "Barrowdowns Way"
one was an actual
street sign, I thought it was some computer generated thing! [img]smilies/eek.gif[/img]
~Samwise, who lives in the "President" section of Petaluma, CA.... [img]smilies/frown.gif[/img]

Quote:

"But I am going to Mordor."
"I know that well enough, Mr. Frodo. Of course you are. And I'm coming with you. "

Story Board

08-20-2002, 01:18 PM

Yeah, Barrow Downs Way is in a neighborhood in South Houston (near the old Ellington AFB). No other Tolkien names in the area, but there are a bunch of English sounding street names nearby (i.e. Wessex, Kensington, etc...). No Middle Earth names in my neighborhood [img]smilies/frown.gif[/img]

Samwise · 08-20-2002, 02:36 PM

Huston. Hm. Kind of doubt I'll ever have the chance to get there, but who knows....?

Quote:

"Safely!" said Sam. "All alone and without me to help you? I couldn't have a borne it, it'd been the death of me. "

Selmo · 10-29-2002, 08:11 AM

About two miles from my home is a street named Tolkien Way.

I was disapointed to learn that it's not named after JRRT. It's named for his son, Father John Tolkien, who spent most of his working life as a priest and teacher in my area.

Bêthberry · 10-29-2002, 09:38 AM

Actually, Selmo, I think there is something quite fitting and proper about Tolkien Way being named for Father John Tolkien. And I am willing to bet that even JRR would bow to it. An honour for Sam rather than Frodo?

*curtsies respectfully*

Bethberry

10-29-2002, 12:22 PM

My town like so many others, has no LOTR street names, but we do have a Greenleaf Cemetary. I also went to high school with a Micheal Delving.

InklingElf · 10-29-2002, 02:18 PM

Hey! d'ya know that there are some terms in American History that have LOTR words!-like Brandywine!?

Arwen1858 · 10-29-2002, 06:45 PM

Baton Rouge has a Michel Delving!! It's right by The Shire, Bywater, and Hobbiton streets!!
Map

Arwen

(this post edited for stupid spelling error)

[ October 29, 2002: Message edited by: Arwen1858 ]

TolkienGurl · 10-30-2002, 09:05 AM

A little off topic, but there's a person who lives somewhere near me that has a lisence plate that says "FRODO." I think I'll get one that says HOBBIT or something like that. [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

Nimrodel · 12-01-2002, 05:32 PM

Hey guys, Look what I found!Lothlorien Luxury Vacation Suites

the witch king · 12-01-2002, 05:50 PM

id love to live in a st named after angmar how cool!

Nimrodel · 12-01-2002, 05:55 PM

And yet another.

Rivendell, St Simon Island

Beruthiel · 12-02-2002, 08:27 PM

i found a street called bag shot!! cute eh??

Samwise · 12-02-2002, 10:14 PM

I just recently came across an envelope or something that had the address "Primrose Drive". It was from nowhere around me, though... [img]smilies/frown.gif[/img]

elsye · 12-02-2002, 10:23 PM

Well, I've found one street only named after LOTR. but we have Banbury and Bobaggins daydares!!! I have siblings at both! [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img] [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img]

Samwise · 12-02-2002, 10:29 PM

Daycares??? Aw, that's not fair. The Preschool/Daycare I work at has a boring name: "Petaluma Child Development Center". [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img]

Hm. Sam and Rose could've started their own daycare...hehe..."Gamgees Garden of Children". (kindergarten? Hm...) And we'd have it on Cotton ROAD!! [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

elsye · 12-05-2002, 09:52 PM

They're rather cute actually. Bo Baggins has a statue of Bilbo outside the front door! There's another daycare from the same lady called "bippity boppity". I was told that all of her daycares have to do with LOTR. But I'm not sure where that one fits in [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img]

Demloth of Dol Amroth · 02-02-2003, 10:11 PM

i was searching on Yahoo for pictures of Sammath Naur and found out there is a Sammath Naur-in Hawaii. unseemly place, eh? there are volcanoes, but still...

Aredhelaran · 02-06-2003, 03:42 PM

Isn't there a Brandywine river in NJ(?). however, Brandywine is but a translation of Baranduin. Sorry.

07-03-2002, 09:52 PM	#41
burrahobbit Hidden Spirit Join Date: May 2000 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 1,424	Today I saw a commercial on The History Channel for the edition that I posted above. It is called Rivendell and looks like it might be some sort of gated community. The footage was very pretty. __________________ What's a burrahobbit got to do with my pocket, anyways?

07-04-2002, 09:08 AM	#42
Thulorongil Haunting Spirit Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: wherever the road may take me Posts: 97	jeez! one more reason that where I live is boring. All of our streets are trees or just where they are. I live on 2nd, west lake, and elm. Oh well __________________ I sit beside the fire and think of people long ago, And people who will see a world that I shall never know.

07-04-2002, 09:11 AM	#43
Thulorongil Haunting Spirit Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: wherever the road may take me Posts: 97	I do also keep telling my friend who'se obsessed with star wars that George took many things from Tolkien. She doesn't believe me. I think it would be soooooo cool to live on a street named like that. What would be even better, though, would be if a whole town was. Actually, there are! (i have to stop talking to myself) My grandfather used to work on a farm near Underhill, Vermont. And there is a Buckland in Quebec, Canada and somewhere in Australia. __________________ I sit beside the fire and think of people long ago, And people who will see a world that I shall never know.

07-04-2002, 11:29 AM	#44
Mornie Alantie Wight Join Date: May 2002 Location: Somewhere above earth cause people say i should come down to it Posts: 226	I wanna Live on a LOTR street. I wish I could rename mine. Well, many of us could say we live on a street that's name was in the LOTR. [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img] [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] __________________ Instead of pepper spray, you pack a glass bottle and scream "Aiya Earendil Elenion Ancalima!!!" at muggers.

08-11-2002, 06:42 PM	#45
Thulorongil Haunting Spirit Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: wherever the road may take me Posts: 97	Yay! I found one! A street near my Star Wars-loving friend's house (eerie coincidence) is called ITHILIEN! yippee! Not yay! I just looked in the phonebook to find that two evil LotR and me-hating evil evil evil people live in/on Ithilien!!! Probably got in by disguising their hideous orc-shapes with masks and cloaks, or black robes on black horses............. __________________ I sit beside the fire and think of people long ago, And people who will see a world that I shall never know.

08-11-2002, 09:17 PM	#46
mook Guest Posts: n/a	dang. i live in the cigarette section.

08-15-2002, 08:30 PM	#47
Ithaeliel Cornus Caliga Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Five-hundred-twenty-five thousand, six hundred minutes from here Posts: 710	There is a slightly obscured and unpaved road near the southwestern side of Mt. Hood called Greenleaf. I saw it while driving up there. [ August 15, 2002: Message edited by: Ithaeliel ] __________________ That best portion of a good man's life, His little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love. .................William Wordsworth

08-16-2002, 08:47 AM	#48
Lhunbelethiel Wight Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: San Francisco Bay Area (aka Bay of Belfalas) Posts: 103	Update- I am going to the section of San Jose where all the streets are LOTR themed this Sunday. I will bring my digital camera and will email the pix to the Barrow Wight and see if he will allow them to be posted in some way. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] __________________ ~~All that is gold does not glitter, not all who wander are lost, all that is old does not wither, deep roots are not touched by the frost...~~

08-18-2002, 10:50 PM	#49
Lhunbelethiel Wight Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: San Francisco Bay Area (aka Bay of Belfalas) Posts: 103	Here are some of the streets in San Jose, CA where the theme is LOTR! STREETS! Many thanks to the Barrow Wight for posting them so quickly. There are several more streets I didn't get pictures of (people were looking at me funny) so I will go back soon. I missed Bilbo Ct., Shadowfax Dr., and some others. [ August 19, 2002: Message edited by: Lhunbelethiel ] __________________ ~~All that is gold does not glitter, not all who wander are lost, all that is old does not wither, deep roots are not touched by the frost...~~

08-20-2002, 11:59 AM	#50
PayalS Guest Posts: n/a	Cool! I live close to San Jose myself. In fact, my aunt from my mother's side lives there. I've never heard of the streets named after LOTR, though.

08-20-2002, 01:18 PM	#52
lmckelvy Guest Posts: n/a	Yeah, Barrow Downs Way is in a neighborhood in South Houston (near the old Ellington AFB). No other Tolkien names in the area, but there are a bunch of English sounding street names nearby (i.e. Wessex, Kensington, etc...). No Middle Earth names in my neighborhood [img]smilies/frown.gif[/img]

10-29-2002, 08:11 AM	#54
Selmo Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: The Shire (Staffordshire), United Kingdom Posts: 273	About two miles from my home is a street named Tolkien Way. I was disapointed to learn that it's not named after JRRT. It's named for his son, Father John Tolkien, who spent most of his working life as a priest and teacher in my area.

10-29-2002, 09:38 AM	#55
Bêthberry Cryptic Aura Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 5,996	Actually, Selmo, I think there is something quite fitting and proper about Tolkien Way being named for Father John Tolkien. And I am willing to bet that even JRR would bow to it. An honour for Sam rather than Frodo? curtsies respectfully Bethberry __________________ I’ll sing his roots off. I’ll sing a wind up and blow leaf and branch away.

10-29-2002, 12:22 PM	#56
Galadhrion Guest Posts: n/a	My town like so many others, has no LOTR street names, but we do have a Greenleaf Cemetary. I also went to high school with a Micheal Delving.

10-29-2002, 02:18 PM	#57
InklingElf Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 402	Hey! d'ya know that there are some terms in American History that have LOTR words!-like Brandywine!?

10-29-2002, 06:45 PM	#58
Arwen1858 Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Gondor Posts: 516	Baton Rouge has a Michel Delving!! It's right by The Shire, Bywater, and Hobbiton streets!! Map Arwen (this post edited for stupid spelling error) [ October 29, 2002: Message edited by: Arwen1858 ] __________________ Will Turner: "This is either madness or brilliance." Jack Sparrow: "It's remarkable how often those two traits coincide." ~ Pirates of the Caribbean

10-30-2002, 09:05 AM	#59
TolkienGurl Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Michigan, USA Posts: 637	A little off topic, but there's a person who lives somewhere near me that has a lisence plate that says "FRODO." I think I'll get one that says HOBBIT or something like that. [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] __________________ Hopes fail. An end comes. We have only a little time to wait now. We are lost in ruin and downfall and there is no escape. -Frodo My Livejournal

12-01-2002, 05:32 PM	#60
Nimrodel Haunting Spirit Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: The Golden Wood Posts: 48	Hey guys, Look what I found!Lothlorien Luxury Vacation Suites __________________ Beside the falls of Nimrodel,By water clear and cool, Her voice as falling silver fell Into the shining pool

12-01-2002, 05:50 PM	#61
the witch king Wight Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Minas Morgul, Morgul Vale, Mordor Posts: 201	id love to live in a st named after angmar how cool! __________________ 'Whenever death may surprise us, let it be welcome if our battle cry has reached even one receptive ear and another hand reaches out to take up our arms.'~ Che Guevara.

12-01-2002, 05:55 PM	#62
Nimrodel Haunting Spirit Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: The Golden Wood Posts: 48	And yet another. Rivendell, St Simon Island __________________ Beside the falls of Nimrodel,By water clear and cool, Her voice as falling silver fell Into the shining pool

12-02-2002, 08:27 PM	#63
Beruthiel Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Set adrift on the Great Sea Posts: 373	i found a street called bag shot!! cute eh?? __________________ ~I am not young enough to know everything~ Oscar Wilde

12-02-2002, 10:14 PM	#64
Samwise Faithful Spirit Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: #3 Bagshot Row, Petaluma, Ca Posts: 2,299	I just recently came across an envelope or something that had the address "Primrose Drive". It was from nowhere around me, though... [img]smilies/frown.gif[/img] __________________ Giving thanks unto the Father...In whom we have redemption through His blood, even the forgiveness of sins.~Colossians1:12a,14 * * * * * * * I am Samwise son of Hamfast, if by hoe or trowel I can get these weeds out of your garden, I will.You have my shears!;)

12-02-2002, 10:23 PM	#65
elsye Animated Skeleton Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Port of Angels Posts: 28	Well, I've found one street only named after LOTR. but we have Banbury and Bobaggins daydares!!! I have siblings at both! [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img] [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img] __________________ Is there anything greater than the love of Jesus?

12-02-2002, 10:29 PM	#66
Samwise Faithful Spirit Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: #3 Bagshot Row, Petaluma, Ca Posts: 2,299	Daycares??? Aw, that's not fair. The Preschool/Daycare I work at has a boring name: "Petaluma Child Development Center". [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img] Hm. Sam and Rose could've started their own daycare...hehe..."Gamgees Garden of Children". (kindergarten? Hm...) And we'd have it on Cotton ROAD!! [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] __________________ Giving thanks unto the Father...In whom we have redemption through His blood, even the forgiveness of sins.~Colossians1:12a,14 * * * * * * * I am Samwise son of Hamfast, if by hoe or trowel I can get these weeds out of your garden, I will.You have my shears!;)

12-05-2002, 09:52 PM	#67
elsye Animated Skeleton Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Port of Angels Posts: 28	They're rather cute actually. Bo Baggins has a statue of Bilbo outside the front door! There's another daycare from the same lady called "bippity boppity". I was told that all of her daycares have to do with LOTR. But I'm not sure where that one fits in [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img] __________________ Is there anything greater than the love of Jesus?

02-02-2003, 10:11 PM	#68
Demloth of Dol Amroth Wight Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 105	i was searching on Yahoo for pictures of Sammath Naur and found out there is a Sammath Naur-in Hawaii. unseemly place, eh? there are volcanoes, but still... __________________ One by one the Free Lands of Middle Earth fell to the power of the Ring-but there were some, who resisted...

02-06-2003, 03:42 PM	#69
Aredhelaran Animated Skeleton Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 31	Isn't there a Brandywine river in NJ(?). however, Brandywine is but a translation of Baranduin. Sorry.