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'''Whitwell''' was a settlement in [[the Shire]].
'''Whitwell''' was a settlement in [[the Shire]].
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''Whit'' is a shortening of "[[wikipedia:white|white]]", referring to the colour of the soil (presumably pertaining to [[wikipedia:chalk|chalk]] in the soil of the Green Hills).<ref name="Nomen">{{HM|N}}, p. 779 (entry ''Whitfurrows'')</ref>
''Whit'' is a shortening of "[[wikipedia:white|white]]", referring to the colour of the soil (presumably pertaining to [[wikipedia:chalk|chalk]] in the soil of the Green Hills).<ref name="Nomen">{{HM|N}}, p. 779 (entry ''Whitfurrows'')</ref>


[[David Salo]] suggests that the name means "white spring", representing an [[Old English|Old Hobbitish]] ''Hwitwielle''.<ref>{{webcite|author=[[David Salo]]|articleurl=http://groups.yahoo.com/group/elfling/message/121|articlename=Hobbitish Place-names|dated=23 November 1998|website=[[Elfling]]}}</ref>
[[David Salo]] suggests that the name means "white spring", representing an [[Old English|Old Hobbitish]] ''Hwitwielle''.<ref>{{webcite|author=[[David Salo]]|articleurl=http://groups.yahoo.com/group/elfling/message/121|articlename=Hobbitish Place-names|dated=23 November 1998|website=[[Elfling]]|accessed=26 April 2013}}</ref>


==Inspiration==
==Inspiration==
[[Wikipedia:Whitwell|Whitwell]] is a real-life English place-name.<ref name="Nomen"/>
[[Wikipedia:Whitwell|Whitwell]] is a real-life English place-name.<ref name="Nomen"/>
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[[Category:Cities, towns and villages of the Shire]]
[[Category:Cities, towns and villages of the Shire]]



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Whitwell
Settlement
General Information
LocationThe Shire
TypeSettlement
InhabitantsHobbits

Whitwell was a settlement in the Shire.

History

Whitwell was located on the Green Hills, not far from Tuckborough.[note 1] Thain Paladin Took II, had a farm there.[1]

Etymology

Whit is a shortening of "white", referring to the colour of the soil (presumably pertaining to chalk in the soil of the Green Hills).[2]

David Salo suggests that the name means "white spring", representing an Old Hobbitish Hwitwielle.[3]

Inspiration

Whitwell is a real-life English place-name.[2]

Notes

  1. In The Atlas of Middle-earth the name of this town was attached to an unnamed village west of Tookbank and south of Waymeet.

References