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A town in the [[Shire]]. It was the home of [[Diamond of Long Cleeve|Diamond]], who married [[Peregrin Took]] eight years after his return from the [[War of the Ring]]. The name 'Cleeve' probably comes from the [[Old English]] word for a cliff or stony bank.  
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'''Long Cleeve''' was a town in [[the Shire]].


Long Cleeve was the home of the [[North-Took Family|North-Tooks]], a distant branch of the [[Took Family]] who were descended from [[Bandobras Took|Bandobras]] the [[Bullroarer]]. This connection implies that it lay in the Shire's [[Northfarthing]], which in turns ties in with the likely meaning of its name (because much of the Northfarthing was rocky in nature), though none of this is stated specifically by [[Tolkien]] himself.
==History==
Long Cleeve was the home of the [[North-took Family|North-tooks]], a distant branch of the [[Took Family]] who were descended from [[Bandobras Took|Bandobras]] the [[Bandobras Took|Bullroarer]]. It was the home of [[Diamond of Long Cleeve|Diamond]], who married [[Peregrin Took]] eight years after his return from the [[War of the Ring]].<ref name="Took">{{App|Took}}</ref>


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==Etymology==
[[Category:Shire]]
The name "Cleeve" comes from the [[Old English]] word ''clif'', which means "cliff" or "hill".<ref name=rc>{{HM|RC}}</ref>{{rp|p. lvii}}
 
This, and the name "North-Took" implies that it lay in [[Northfarthing]],<ref>{{HM|Guide}}, entry "Long Cleeve"</ref> much of which was rocky in nature (though none of this is stated specifically by [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]] himself).
==Other versions of the legendarium==
Long Cleeve appears in the [[A Part of the Shire]] map drawn by [[Christopher Tolkien]] in [[1943]], along with many other names, that didn't make it to the published version of the map.<ref name=rc/>{{rp|p. lvi}}
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Long Cleeve
Town
General Information
LocationNorthfarthing, the Shire
TypeTown
InhabitantsHobbits
GalleryImages of Long Cleeve

Long Cleeve was a town in the Shire.

History

Long Cleeve was the home of the North-tooks, a distant branch of the Took Family who were descended from Bandobras the Bullroarer. It was the home of Diamond, who married Peregrin Took eight years after his return from the War of the Ring.[1]

Etymology

The name "Cleeve" comes from the Old English word clif, which means "cliff" or "hill".[2]:p. lvii

This, and the name "North-Took" implies that it lay in Northfarthing,[3] much of which was rocky in nature (though none of this is stated specifically by Tolkien himself).

Other versions of the legendarium

Long Cleeve appears in the A Part of the Shire map drawn by Christopher Tolkien in 1943, along with many other names, that didn't make it to the published version of the map.[2]:p. lvi

References