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'''Whitfurrows''' was a village or small town that lay on the [[East Road]] through the [[Shire]], approximately midway between [[Frogmorton]] (about ten miles to the west) and the [[Brandywine Bridge]] (a similar distance to the east). It lay at the western edge of the [[Bridgefields]] region of the [[Eastfarthing]]. Whitfurrows is hardly mentioned within [[Tolkien]]'s work, though it does appear to have been a centre or staging-post of some kind for the [[Shirriffs]] during the [[War of the Ring]].
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'''Whitfurrows''' was a village or small town that lay in the [[Eastfarthing]], on the [[East Road]] through [[the Shire]], approximately midway between [[Frogmorton]] (about ten miles to the west) and the [[Brandywine Bridge]] (a similar distance to the east). It lay at the western edge of the [[Bridgefields]] region of the [[Eastfarthing]].<ref>{{FR|Part}}</ref>


[[Category:Towns and Villages in the Shire]]
Whitfurrows appear to have been a centre or staging-post of some kind for the [[Shirriffs]] during the [[War of the Ring]].{{fact}}
 
==Etymology==
[[David Salo]] suggests an etymology from possible [[Old English|Old Hobbitish]] ''Hwitfure'' meaning "white furrows".<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>
 
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[[Category:Cities, towns and villages of the Shire]]


[[de:Weißfurchen]]
[[de:Weißfurchen]]
[[fi:Valkovakola]]
[[fi:Valkovakola]]
[[fr:encyclo:geographie:villes_tours_et_forteresses:comte:blancs_sillons]]
[[fr:encyclo:geographie:villes_tours_et_forteresses:comte:blancs_sillons]]

Revision as of 21:25, 17 June 2020

Whitfurrows
Village
General Information
LocationEastfarthing, the Shire
TypeVillage
InhabitantsHobbits

Whitfurrows was a village or small town that lay in the Eastfarthing, on the East Road through the Shire, approximately midway between Frogmorton (about ten miles to the west) and the Brandywine Bridge (a similar distance to the east). It lay at the western edge of the Bridgefields region of the Eastfarthing.[1]

Whitfurrows appear to have been a centre or staging-post of some kind for the Shirriffs during the War of the Ring.[source?]

Etymology

David Salo suggests an etymology from possible Old Hobbitish Hwitfure meaning "white furrows".[2]

References