Talk:Buckland

Eastmarch

Please correct me if I'm wrong, but as far I can know Buckland never became part of the Shire. The Westmarch was added to the Shire in S.R. 1452, but it doesn't say anything about Buckland. Furthermore I can't find the word "Eastmarch" in any published text (and certainly nothing says that Buckland was renamed Eastmarch). As far as I can tell, Buckland remained independent (indeed Elessar, having banned men from entering the Shire, met Sam at the Brandywine Bridge) and no where does it say that it was renamed "Eastmarch".-- KingAragorn  talk  contribs  edits  email  13:28, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

In the Prologue to The Fellowship of the Ring in the section titled "Of the Ordering of the Shire" in the first paragraph is this sentence: "Outside the Farthings were the East and West Marches: the Buckland and the Westmarch added to the Shire in S.R. 1462". I know of no reference to "Eastmarch" as one word but here is the only mention of "the East March" that I know. Also, there is a bit of a contradiction here. In Appendix B under "Later Events Concerning the Members of the Fellowship of the Ring" it is stated that the Westmarch was added to the Shire in S.R. 1452, not 1462 as stated in the Prologue. No East March is mentioned and there is no entry for S.R. 1462. --Gamling 22:00, 3 July 2012 (UTC)