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Dates
Founded in III 2340, or shortly thereafter
Expanded by Gormadoc 'Deepdelver' Brandybuck from approximately III 2800
Location
Within Buck Hill in the north of Buckland, near the eastern bank of the Brandywine River
Origins
Built by Gorhendad Oldbuck after his foundation of Buckland
Race
Hobbits
Culture
Bucklanders
Settlements
Close to the village of Bucklebury
Family
Brandybuck
Meaning
'Brandy' is probably from Branda, meaning 'border'1

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  • Updated 6 March 2007
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Brandy Hall

The seat of the Brandybuck family

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The ancestral home of the Brandybuck family, a deeply-delved smial in Buck Hill, in the central regions of Buckland on the banks of the River Brandywine.


Notes

1

Therefore 'Brandy Hall' would be the 'hall on, or across, the border' (of the Shire, that is). There's room for doubt here, because the element 'Brandy-', as a connection between the names 'Brandywine' and 'Brandybuck', only really exists in Tolkien's anglicised versions. In principle the Hall might have been named after the river - Bralda-hîm to the Hobbits - making it something close to 'Ale Hall', but this seems rather less likely.

See also...

Asphodel Brandybuck, Buck Hill, Buckland, Deepdelver, Drogo Baggins, Fosco Baggins, Frodo Baggins, Gormadoc ‘Deepdelver’ Brandybuck, Marmadoc Brandybuck ‘the Masterful’, Marroc Brandybuck, Master of Buckland, Master of the Hall, Mirabella Took, Oldbuck Family, Sadoc Brandybuck, [See the full list...]

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