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'''The Yale''' was a region of [[the Shire]].  The road that exited the [[Woody End]] descended into the lowlands of the Yale.<ref>{{FR|I3}}</ref>
'''The Yale''' was a region of [[the Shire]].  The road that emerged from the [[Woody End]] descended into the lowlands of the Yale.<ref>{{FR|I3}}</ref>


==History==
==History==

Revision as of 03:23, 30 June 2011

The Yale was a region of the Shire. The road that emerged from the Woody End descended into the lowlands of the Yale.[1]

History

The Yale was of old the home of the Boffins.[2] Their homes lay in the Eastfarthing, between the Bridgefields and the Marish.[3]

Etymology

Yale is of course a well known surname derived from a Welsh place name.[4] This fits right in with Tolkien's comment to the Dutch Translator, Max Schuchart, that there were "'Celtic' elements in Buckland and East-farthing names."[5] The modern meaning is "fertile upland", based on the location of the best known Yale, the commote of Iaal in Powys, the traditional home of the kings of Powys.[4]

References