Haysend
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| Haysend | |
|---|---|
| Possibly a settlement[note 1] | |
| General Information | |
| Other names | Hays-end |
| Location | Buckland |
| Type | Possibly a settlement[note 1] |
| Inhabitants | Hobbits |
Haysend or Hays-end was a location[note 1] at the southern tip of Buckland, at the place where the River Withywindle flowed out of the Old Forest into the Brandywine.[1] It was named for the fact that it stood at the end of the High Hay, the Hedge raised to protect the Bucklanders from the strange things that lived in the Forest and beyond it.
According to the poem "Bombadil Goes Boating", the inhabitants of the Hays-end and Breredon had a more fierce and protective attitude than most Hobbits, which is hardly surprising given the perilous location of their village.[2]
Etymology
The name means "hay's end", the end of the hedge or boundary-hedge.[3]
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 It is not clear what is at the Haysend: Christopher Tolkien notes (The Return of the Shadow pp. 298-9) that in A Part of the Shire the main road of Buckland stops right at Standelf and doesn't continue to Haysend; in that map (as well as its previous drafts) no habitations are marked. The Boating poem however mentions inhabitants, as well as the village Breredon which doesn't appear on the Map.
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, "A Part of the Shire" map
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Adventures of Tom Bombadil, "Preface"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Nomenclature of The Lord of the Rings" in Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull (eds), The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion, p. 772
