Real LOTR Places - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Brinniel · 09-27-2002, 09:46 PM

I know people have posted LOTR street names and such, but here are some actual pictures of places with LOTR names.

Rivendell Apartment

I would like to eat here.

And it's Rohan!

NazgulNumberTen · 09-27-2002, 09:53 PM

there is a restaurant called the hobbit. i have been there.

Tigerlily Gamgee · 09-28-2002, 12:38 AM

I know where a Pippin's Tavern is. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

Rose Cotton · 09-28-2002, 05:28 AM

I once saw a place named Galadriel's Jewlery Store. Too bad I didn't get a picture.

Lady_Báin · 09-28-2002, 08:04 AM

there's a store called Gimli's golf store but i don't have a digital camera/scanner so i can't share.. [img]smilies/confused.gif[/img] but it's fun to think of dwarves playing golf

[ September 28, 2002: Message edited by: Lady_Báin ]

Anastasia · 09-28-2002, 08:28 AM

I know an office company called Lorien. I pass it on the way to my friend's house. Only the O doesnt have an accent on it.

Isilya · 09-28-2002, 01:09 PM

In Minnesota, there's a travel agency called Hobbit Travel!!

VanimaEdhel · 09-28-2002, 01:32 PM

Yeah: I know about the Lorien thing. Once, I was bored so I typed lorien.com and it took me to the company site...I got freaked out and left the website...

Orome · 09-29-2002, 01:35 PM

there is a middle earth music hall near my house, i have never gone though. the website is http://www.middle-earth-music.com/

Tigerlily Gamgee · 09-29-2002, 02:31 PM

Oh yeah... there is a store in Ann Arbor, MI called Middle Earth. They have a bunch of new age items (jewelry, candles) and a bunch of pop culture things (lots of tees), but not too much LOTR stuff [img]smilies/confused.gif[/img]

Tigerlily Gamgee · 09-29-2002, 02:32 PM

You should sent those to the BW. He has a section for LOTR signs, maybe he'd make one for places. I plan on taking pics of these when I get the chance.

Kithrèna Greenarrow Legolas · 09-29-2002, 02:47 PM

Heheh, If I ever deside on takeing a road trip(When I get older, that is) I'm deffently gonna visit these places [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

Isilya · 09-29-2002, 03:03 PM

I'll join ya!!

Aryan · 01-31-2003, 02:16 PM

i passed the sigh for a place called Tuckborough well i think thats how it was spelt but the thought flashed through my mind that if i ever learn to drive, i'm gona go there [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] maybe i'll meet some hobbits, maybe i'll meet some Tooks..maybe i'll meet Pippin!!!! YAY!!

Arien · 01-31-2003, 02:26 PM

I have been in to a Archer shop called Legolas'.

And........

I live near a Farm called Buckland farm.......... I guess that kind of relates

Horse-Maiden of the Shire · 02-01-2003, 11:23 PM

I put this in another thread but about two or three hours from my town is a town called Gimli. Heh heh heh...

Morgul Queen · 02-06-2003, 08:39 PM

Well I live near a place called Kaitoke reserve, but it is known through out the world as Rivendell...

Maylin · 02-06-2003, 08:49 PM

during youth group camps, my group is usually with a group from BRANDYWINE!

Brinniel · 05-26-2003, 10:41 AM

A phone book can do wonders. I found a Greenleaf Cafe and several Greenleaf stores (most likely started up by fangirls [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] ). I also found in the phone book Greenwood Apartments.

Shy Hobbit · 05-26-2003, 07:02 PM

There is a nearby apartment complex called Brandywine [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] There's also a Greenleaf auto repair place.

Tarien Ithil · 05-29-2003, 11:44 AM

I know of a daycare centre just down the road called Bilbo Baggins [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]. My little cousin goes there!

Oh, and there's a fire brigade around here called Bree-gade! [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]
(don't know if that counts!) [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

Lossentilien · 05-29-2003, 12:41 PM

There's a sports/camping type store near me called Rohan.
And no one's mentioned Gandalf Airlines! Not exactly a place, but still.
This doesn't really count, but before Orlando Bloom did LOTR, he was in a show called Midsomer Murders, and there was a garden in his episode called Lothlorien....spooky huh?

purplefluffychainsaw · 05-29-2003, 01:28 PM

HA! I know where OB lives and it's near me! Sorry, had to come out... I've been supressing it for AGES. Anyway, on the way to the beach once I passed a place called Rivendell. Mum was going to fast to have a proper look though [img]smilies/frown.gif[/img] And there's a place by me called Buckland hill... I should propably go see what's up there... Hobbit holes?

Brinniel · 08-16-2003, 12:14 AM

My family was driving along the Oregon Coast when we passed a sign which my dad swears said Hobbit Trail (though I can't back that up myself). I never got a chance to get a good look at it, but I think it was a hiking path.

Meela · 08-16-2003, 06:19 AM

I know a house called Lothlorien.

Daisy Brambleburr · 08-16-2003, 06:52 AM

Well, I live close to a place called Buckland and my dad has a pair of 'Rohan' trousers!

Lord of Angmar · 08-16-2003, 07:35 AM

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there is a middle earth music hall near my house, i have never gone though. the website is http://www.middle-earth-music.com/

I went to the website, and was disappointed when I found nothing really Middle Earthy about it. Then, I looked at the performance schedule and there was a band slated to play called "Gandalf Murphy and the Slambovian Circus of Dreams."

In Maryland there is a golf shop called Baggins Golf and Game.

[ August 16, 2003: Message edited by: Lord of Angmar ]

Goldberry · 08-16-2003, 08:38 AM

I once passed this place with "ENT" written in huge letters on the side of it. And there's a town nearby my house called Moira; it always reminds me of Moria....but that doesn't really count...

Yavanna228 · 08-16-2003, 08:58 AM

Well, as some of you probably know there is a Brandywine in Pennsylvania somewhat close to where I live. There's a battlefield there from the Revolutionary War. It's in a lovely part of the country. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]
Peace

The Squatter of Amon Rûdh · 08-16-2003, 09:36 AM

It's amusing to see people re-using Tolkien's names just as he did with older ones. As a result of his references there are some places in England that have received Tolkienian associations.

In the Royal County of Berkshire, about twenty miles from where I live, there's a town called Newbury. This is either a coincidence brought about by Tolkien's use of English naming systems or a deliberate re-use by him of the real place.

[ August 16, 2003: Message edited by: The Squatter of Amon Rûdh ]

ElenCala Isil · 08-16-2003, 10:07 AM

There's a chain of some sort of company thingy called 'ELF' downtown from where I live

arianrod · 08-16-2003, 08:32 PM

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there is a restaurant called the hobbit. i have been there.

Yup, the good ol' Hobbit Cafe. We have one in Houston. My current goal in life (well, maybe that's a bit dramatic, but oh well) is to get a job there ASAP. I love it there...

Sleepy Ranger · 08-17-2003, 01:46 PM

Ive said this in another thread but I'll say it again Rohan is a common name in my country.Its even my friends name. And my name is an elvish word and my names been around long before Tolkien was born [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img] . Im serious.

Melephelwen · 08-18-2003, 08:46 AM

I saw a sign in Zambia with something 'Shire' - it was the only part of it I got, because we drove to fast past it, but I'm sure.
And I saw a 'Hobbit Guest House' in South Africa...

purplefluffychainsaw · 08-19-2003, 08:50 AM

There's a place up by Oxford called Bagshot!!! I wonder... [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]
Oh yeah, and there's a pub called the Green Dragon in Wales! But the dragon on it looks more like a griffin
[img]smilies/frown.gif[/img]

[ August 19, 2003: Message edited by: purplefluffychainsaw ]

Orominuialwen · 07-17-2004, 04:17 PM

There is a Greenleaf, Wisconsin. I once looked through the whole index of strret names in my area and found streets named Greenwood, Greenleaf, Merry, and Ent. As soon as I learn to drive I plan to go and take pictures of their signs. There is also a Bag End Sound Productions, LothLorien Housing Co-op, and a company that repairs fax equipment called Shadowfax around here.

My grandma has been to a restaurant called Bilbo's in Alexandria, Virginia. I wonder if the picture Brinniel posted is of it?

One of the Nine · 07-17-2004, 04:37 PM

Well, not much 'round here, but there is a street called Greenwood about a block away from where I live. Travel it all the time. It's a pretty street.

You know, it never occured to me that there would be that much Tolkien stuff in regular every day life, but it might be that it came from when the book first came out, 20 years ago maybe? The book was probably just as big of a hit back then as it was and still is now. Some of these names might have been made shortly after they came out, buying licences to the names and whatnot. Just a thought.

elfearz1 · 07-17-2004, 10:45 PM

My sisters and I went to this used CD store in a city about a half hour from ours and I saw on some directions (I think it was on a garage sale sign) and the house was on Greenleaf dr. I didn't get a chance to take pictures though.

Lalwendë · 07-18-2004, 10:55 AM

Up in Whitby, North Yorkshire, there's The Middle Earth Tavern. I think the name, though, is post-Tolkien (although it's been called that for at least 15 years). It's quite old, and on the harbourside (Church Street) so you can watch the boats in the marina while you sup your ale. Most importantly, it does a cracking pint of Theakston's Old Peculier, and there's plenty of fish and chip shops nearby. Mmmmmmmmm.

Also in North Yorkshire, there's The Green Dragon Inn. This is a really old country pub, and at the back, there is Hardraw Force, the highest single drop waterfall in England, which has a very 'magical' atmosphere.

Mithalwen · 07-18-2004, 11:07 AM

With the house named Lothlorian (sic) in the Midsomer Murders, I wondered whether it was it was a little joke/ tribute since it has no significance to the plot. Bloom got offered LOTR the day before he was offered the part in MM and filmed it first.....

Rohan is in France..... most English county names end in shire.... and Tolkien did reuse typical elements ... There is a Micheldever between Winchester and Basingstoke for instance

09-27-2002, 09:46 PM	#1
Brinniel Reflection of Darkness Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Polishing the stars. Well, somebody has to do it; they're looking a little bit dull. Posts: 2,983	Real LOTR Places I know people have posted LOTR street names and such, but here are some actual pictures of places with LOTR names. Rivendell Apartment I would like to eat here. And it's Rohan! __________________ Nolite te bastardes carborundorum

09-27-2002, 09:53 PM	#2
NazgulNumberTen Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Crawled in a dark corner Posts: 369	there is a restaurant called the hobbit. i have been there. __________________ "It's not stupid, it's advanced!" -Invader Zim

09-28-2002, 12:38 AM	#3
Tigerlily Gamgee Hostess of Spirits Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Meduseld Posts: 1,055	I know where a Pippin's Tavern is. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] __________________ ~ ExerciseJunky.com (Hobbits fitness of choice!)~ ~Lady of Rohan: An Eowyn Fansite ~ ~The NEW/OLD Barrow Downs Photo Page~

09-28-2002, 05:28 AM	#4
Rose Cotton Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: A place worse then Mordor........School! Posts: 1,075	I once saw a place named Galadriel's Jewlery Store. Too bad I didn't get a picture. __________________ "There's nothing you can do, Harry... nothing... he's gone."-Remus Lupin "The closer we are to danger, the further we are from harm."-Pippin (now how can you argue with that logic?)

09-28-2002, 08:04 AM	#5
Lady_Báin Wight Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Peterborough, England Posts: 250	there's a store called Gimli's golf store but i don't have a digital camera/scanner so i can't share.. [img]smilies/confused.gif[/img] but it's fun to think of dwarves playing golf [ September 28, 2002: Message edited by: Lady_Báin ] __________________ pæling.

09-28-2002, 08:28 AM	#6
Anastasia Haunting Spirit Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: London Posts: 91	I know an office company called Lorien. I pass it on the way to my friend's house. Only the O doesnt have an accent on it. __________________ Aw, you've done grand, laddie! Now you know what you have to do: Burn the house down. Burn 'em all! ~The Leprechaun from The Simpsons.

09-28-2002, 01:09 PM	#7
Isilya Wight Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: At the bottom of a black hole. Actually, it's quite nice. Hey, is that Elvis?! Posts: 136	In Minnesota, there's a travel agency called Hobbit Travel!! __________________ In my opinion, Tolkien is a lot like Alexander Keith's: Those Who Like It, Like It A Lot!! Yay for Great Big Sea!! Aitken Centre, November 22

09-28-2002, 01:32 PM	#8
VanimaEdhel Etheral Enchantress Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Wellesley College! Posts: 1,461	Yeah: I know about the Lorien thing. Once, I was bored so I typed lorien.com and it took me to the company site...I got freaked out and left the website... __________________ "I think we dream so we don't have to be apart so long. If we're in each others dreams, we can be together all the time." - Hobbes of Calvin and Hobbes

09-29-2002, 01:35 PM	#9
Orome Wight Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 195	there is a middle earth music hall near my house, i have never gone though. the website is http://www.middle-earth-music.com/

09-29-2002, 02:31 PM	#10
Tigerlily Gamgee Hostess of Spirits Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Meduseld Posts: 1,055	Oh yeah... there is a store in Ann Arbor, MI called Middle Earth. They have a bunch of new age items (jewelry, candles) and a bunch of pop culture things (lots of tees), but not too much LOTR stuff [img]smilies/confused.gif[/img] __________________ ~ ExerciseJunky.com (Hobbits fitness of choice!)~ ~Lady of Rohan: An Eowyn Fansite ~ ~The NEW/OLD Barrow Downs Photo Page~

09-29-2002, 02:32 PM	#11
Tigerlily Gamgee Hostess of Spirits Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Meduseld Posts: 1,055	You should sent those to the BW. He has a section for LOTR signs, maybe he'd make one for places. I plan on taking pics of these when I get the chance. __________________ ~ ExerciseJunky.com (Hobbits fitness of choice!)~ ~Lady of Rohan: An Eowyn Fansite ~ ~The NEW/OLD Barrow Downs Photo Page~

09-29-2002, 02:47 PM	#12
Kithrèna Greenarrow Legolas Wight Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Rivendell Posts: 144	Heheh, If I ever deside on takeing a road trip(When I get older, that is) I'm deffently gonna visit these places [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] __________________ Mess with Me and I'll grab Sam Gamgee by the heels and beat you over the head with him! Me: The Anti-Leggy-bopper :)

09-29-2002, 03:03 PM	#13
Isilya Wight Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: At the bottom of a black hole. Actually, it's quite nice. Hey, is that Elvis?! Posts: 136	I'll join ya!! __________________ In my opinion, Tolkien is a lot like Alexander Keith's: Those Who Like It, Like It A Lot!! Yay for Great Big Sea!! Aitken Centre, November 22

01-31-2003, 02:16 PM	#14
Aryan Pile O'Bones Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Somewhere between Legolas and Orlando Posts: 15	i passed the sigh for a place called Tuckborough well i think thats how it was spelt but the thought flashed through my mind that if i ever learn to drive, i'm gona go there [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] maybe i'll meet some hobbits, maybe i'll meet some Tooks..maybe i'll meet Pippin!!!! YAY!! __________________ i went to a shop, bought a poster of legolas, brought it home, stuck it on my wall and had it nicked by my little sister who thinks legolas is a blonde bimbo and thinks pippin is smart.

01-31-2003, 02:26 PM	#15
Arien Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: London/Leeds UK Posts: 417	I have been in to a Archer shop called Legolas'. And........ I live near a Farm called Buckland farm.......... I guess that kind of relates __________________ "...still, we lay under the emptiness and drifted slowly outward, and somewhere in the wilderness we found salvation scratched into the earth like a message."

02-01-2003, 11:23 PM	#16
Horse-Maiden of the Shire Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Chillaxin' with Glorfindel-441 miles on the RtR Posts: 1,197	I put this in another thread but about two or three hours from my town is a town called Gimli. Heh heh heh... __________________ "There's a big...machine in the sky...some kind of electric snake...coming straight at us." "Shoot it," said my attorney. "Not yet...I want to study its habits."

02-06-2003, 08:39 PM	#17
Morgul Queen Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Dontgonearthe Castle Posts: 414	Well I live near a place called Kaitoke reserve, but it is known through out the world as Rivendell... __________________ Athrabeth is still doing the wave for Boromir the Disco-King Oh...and call me Morgy!

02-06-2003, 08:49 PM	#18
Maylin Haunting Spirit Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Mordor ( or school, same thing) Posts: 81	during youth group camps, my group is usually with a group from BRANDYWINE! __________________ You feel an overwhelming urge to click here

05-26-2003, 10:41 AM	#19
Brinniel Reflection of Darkness Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Polishing the stars. Well, somebody has to do it; they're looking a little bit dull. Posts: 2,983	A phone book can do wonders. I found a Greenleaf Cafe and several Greenleaf stores (most likely started up by fangirls [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] ). I also found in the phone book Greenwood Apartments. __________________ Nolite te bastardes carborundorum

05-26-2003, 07:02 PM	#20
Shy Hobbit Wight Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: In my own little world Posts: 201	There is a nearby apartment complex called Brandywine [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] There's also a Greenleaf auto repair place. __________________ Make Middle-Earth a friendlier place, hug a balrog today! ~The Fellowship of the King~

05-29-2003, 11:44 AM	#21
Tarien Ithil Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: May 2003 Location: In the Shade of a Tree Posts: 253	I know of a daycare centre just down the road called Bilbo Baggins [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]. My little cousin goes there! Oh, and there's a fire brigade around here called Bree-gade! [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] (don't know if that counts!) [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] __________________ “The English-speaking world is divided into those who have read The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit and those who are going to read them.” – Sunday Times Crickhollow

05-29-2003, 12:41 PM	#22
Lossentilien Wight Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: lost in a web of intrigue Posts: 123	There's a sports/camping type store near me called Rohan. And no one's mentioned Gandalf Airlines! Not exactly a place, but still. This doesn't really count, but before Orlando Bloom did LOTR, he was in a show called Midsomer Murders, and there was a garden in his episode called Lothlorien....spooky huh? __________________ "Can I cry as much as I want? The white snow falls and hides my tears." Imladris

05-29-2003, 01:28 PM	#23
purplefluffychainsaw Wight Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: In a very cold place.... Posts: 162	HA! I know where OB lives and it's near me! Sorry, had to come out... I've been supressing it for AGES. Anyway, on the way to the beach once I passed a place called Rivendell. Mum was going to fast to have a proper look though [img]smilies/frown.gif[/img] And there's a place by me called Buckland hill... I should propably go see what's up there... Hobbit holes? __________________ Love, Drugs and Fairy Boys ~ SAM

08-16-2003, 12:14 AM	#24
Brinniel Reflection of Darkness Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Polishing the stars. Well, somebody has to do it; they're looking a little bit dull. Posts: 2,983	My family was driving along the Oregon Coast when we passed a sign which my dad swears said Hobbit Trail (though I can't back that up myself). I never got a chance to get a good look at it, but I think it was a hiking path. __________________ Nolite te bastardes carborundorum

08-16-2003, 06:19 AM	#25
Meela Denethor's True Love Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Mirkwood. With Thranduil... swoon Posts: 2,049	I know a house called Lothlorien. __________________ 'The Hobbit' 1st impressions: 1. Thorin is hot... Oh god, I fancy a dwarf. 2. Thranduil is hotter. 3. Is that... Figwit! 4. Does Elijah Wood never age? 2nd: It's all about Fili & Kili, really. 3rd: BARD! OMG, Bard.

08-16-2003, 06:52 AM	#26
Daisy Brambleburr Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 334	Well, I live close to a place called Buckland and my dad has a pair of 'Rohan' trousers! __________________ 'What news from the South, O sighing wind, do you bring to me at eve? Where now is Boromir the Fair? He tarries and I grieve.'

08-16-2003, 08:38 AM	#28
Goldberry Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: The Old Forest Posts: 338	I once passed this place with "ENT" written in huge letters on the side of it. And there's a town nearby my house called Moira; it always reminds me of Moria....but that doesn't really count... __________________ "Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former." -Albert Einstein

08-16-2003, 08:58 AM	#29
Yavanna228 Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: May 2003 Location: on the wings of the morning Posts: 394	Well, as some of you probably know there is a Brandywine in Pennsylvania somewhat close to where I live. There's a battlefield there from the Revolutionary War. It's in a lovely part of the country. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] Peace __________________ 'Dulaman na Binne Bui, Dulaman Gaelach/ Dulaman na farraige, 's e b'fhearr a bhi in Eirinn!'

08-16-2003, 09:36 AM	#30
The Squatter of Amon Rûdh Spectre of Decay Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Bar-en-Danwedh Posts: 2,178	It's amusing to see people re-using Tolkien's names just as he did with older ones. As a result of his references there are some places in England that have received Tolkienian associations. In the Royal County of Berkshire, about twenty miles from where I live, there's a town called Newbury. This is either a coincidence brought about by Tolkien's use of English naming systems or a deliberate re-use by him of the real place. [ August 16, 2003: Message edited by: The Squatter of Amon Rûdh ] __________________ Man kenuva métim' andúne?

08-16-2003, 10:07 AM	#31
ElenCala Isil Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Somewhere Else Posts: 439	There's a chain of some sort of company thingy called 'ELF' downtown from where I live __________________ Prevent Merry-abuse today! Join the S.A.M. (That's the Save-A-Merry foundation) Rivendell brought to you by the long lost sister of the guy who be short.

08-17-2003, 01:46 PM	#33
Sleepy Ranger Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: On the field, kissing the 'Downs crest Posts: 1,654	Ive said this in another thread but I'll say it again Rohan is a common name in my country.Its even my friends name. And my name is an elvish word and my names been around long before Tolkien was born [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img] . Im serious. __________________ And tonight we can truly say, together we're invincible... Middle-Earth Football World Cup 2007

08-18-2003, 08:46 AM	#34
Melephelwen Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: May 2002 Location: the Middle of Nowhere Posts: 291	I saw a sign in Zambia with something 'Shire' - it was the only part of it I got, because we drove to fast past it, but I'm sure. And I saw a 'Hobbit Guest House' in South Africa... __________________ We're all following a strange melody We're all summoned by a tune We're following the piper And we dance beneath the moon

08-19-2003, 08:50 AM	#35
purplefluffychainsaw Wight Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: In a very cold place.... Posts: 162	There's a place up by Oxford called Bagshot!!! I wonder... [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] Oh yeah, and there's a pub called the Green Dragon in Wales! But the dragon on it looks more like a griffin [img]smilies/frown.gif[/img] [ August 19, 2003: Message edited by: purplefluffychainsaw ] __________________ Love, Drugs and Fairy Boys ~ SAM

07-17-2004, 04:17 PM	#36
Orominuialwen Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: May 2003 Location: Umbar, but before the corsairs took over. (Ave Maria University, FL, USA) Posts: 632	There is a Greenleaf, Wisconsin. I once looked through the whole index of strret names in my area and found streets named Greenwood, Greenleaf, Merry, and Ent. As soon as I learn to drive I plan to go and take pictures of their signs. There is also a Bag End Sound Productions, LothLorien Housing Co-op, and a company that repairs fax equipment called Shadowfax around here. My grandma has been to a restaurant called Bilbo's in Alexandria, Virginia. I wonder if the picture Brinniel posted is of it? __________________ Gone for lentSeeyou at Easter! (And on Sundays too, maybe.)

07-17-2004, 04:37 PM	#37
One of the Nine Haunting Spirit Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: In my mind. What? Why are you looking at me like that? Posts: 84	Well, not much 'round here, but there is a street called Greenwood about a block away from where I live. Travel it all the time. It's a pretty street. You know, it never occured to me that there would be that much Tolkien stuff in regular every day life, but it might be that it came from when the book first came out, 20 years ago maybe? The book was probably just as big of a hit back then as it was and still is now. Some of these names might have been made shortly after they came out, buying licences to the names and whatnot. Just a thought. __________________ I have a very short attention span, and it sometimes affects me when I'm, ooo a squirrel....