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Westfarthing of the Shire

The lands westward from Hobbiton

Map of the Westfarthing of the Shire
The Westfarthing of the Shire (slightly conjectural1)

The western farthing of the Shire, in which lay many of its important towns: Michel Delving on the White Downs; Tuckborough, the seat of the Took Thains of the Shire; and Hobbiton, home of the Baggins family.


Notes

1

Some of the features on this map were never directly mapped by Tolkien, and so their locations are inferred from descriptions. Specifically, we don't know the exact course of the western border of the Westfarthing, but we do know that the Far Downs marked the Shire's border in that direction. Similarly, the locations of Michel Delving and Longbottom are not established with certainty, but they cannot have differed significantly from the positions shown here.

See also...

Baggins Family, Bywater, Farthings, Great Smials, Green Hill Country, Hobbiton, Michel Delving, Needlehole, Nobottle, Shire-hobbits, South Lane, Stock Road, The Pool, The Shire, The Water, [See the full list...]

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