How Many LOTR characters have a whole TOWN named ater them?

[arglebargle II]

Just found this and had to join to share it. TOO Funny! (IMHO)

http://www.townofgimli.com/:D

[Sminty_Smeagol]

I do not believe it was named after Gimli the dwarf.

I read this biography on "Sveinn Valgardson" and I quote a section:
In 1903 he set up a flour and feed business in Gimli, the capital of New Iceland.

http://www.finearts.uvic.ca/~wvalgard/biography.shtml

So it seems that the town Gimli (now, I'm not sure what New Iceland is, but I'm assuming it's mentioning the same Gimli since many of the places mentioned are near the Gimli you talk about) has been around before 1903, certainly before the LOTR character was invented.

-`*smintz

ps- sry to burst ur bubble

[arglebargle II]

:D No burstification atal! I didn't actually think the town was named "after" Gimli the Dwarf, nor even for Gimli the Dwarf, I just thought it was amusing. Is there a "Frodo Township" somewhere? or a "Lower Gandalf"? Knowwuddamean?:D

[katya]

"Gimli, in Norse mythology, is paradise."
It says that on the page.

If there was a town like, Hobbiton or something, I would so live there...even if i didnt like it i would have a weekend/summer home...just to say i did. actually, this is giving me bad ideas. the sign that says the name of my town is walking distance from my house...hm...no! resist! must restrain myself!

[Sminty_Smeagol]

whah? cedarville?

[Shadowfax]

The town of Gimli is in the province of Manitoba in Canada. Manitoba or perhaps its just parts of it, is sometimes called "New Iceland".

[katya]

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[Sminty_Smeagol]

OHHH haha! *maliciously begins packing cans of spray paint in a black bag* Afterwards, let's do my neighborhood sign, Braden Run! It's in walking distance of my house as well... fwahaha

[katya]

hehehe...mwahahaha!...tee he. if only i could find that paint...

[Aeryn]

I actually live on Rivendell
*takes the paint from smeagol* Bad smeagol DOWN!

[Sminty_Smeagol]

NOOO YOU TAKED MY PRRECIOUSSS!!! LOOOST! LOST! MY PRECIOUS IS LOOOSSSST!!!!

-~*Smeagol

[ArwenEvenstar]

the only Tolkienish name around where i live is like .... I can't think of any :(

[Sminty_Smeagol]

I dunno bout Tolkien names, but, we have Potter st. (which is a really dingy street lol)... we have lots of weird streets around here. Like, in this small area as we were driving, I noticed there was "Suntan St." "Shady St." "Shade St." "Sunray St." (go firgure, it's Florida) all like a few yards from eachother LOL! Tourists musta named it... Tourists from like the north pole. so sensitive to sunlight lol


-~*Smintz

[galadriel88]

We have a Potter's Mill. Also while I was in Springfield, MO, I saw a shopping center that had the world Elf in it somehow, can't remeber the exact name though.

[galadriel88]

Double post, sorry.

[katya]

next to my house is a driveway with a sign that says brady lane. in the patch of forest (called by my brother and me the fourth forest [from my house]) there is a little river stream thingy. i am convinced that it is the brandywine reincarnated.

[Aeryn]

*laughs* Your precious *paints* are lost MUAHAHAHAH*bops smeagol* now STOP SCREAMING SHEEESH :D

[Sminty_Smeagol]

*bites off aeryn's finger and steals the ring -er, I mean spraypaint*


*dances around on fence* WE FOUND IT! IT IS OURRRS MY PRRECIOUSSS IS OURS! *falls off*
NOOOOOO

-~*Smintz

[Aeryn]

*takes her bow fits it with an arrow and shoots sminty, only wounding him* teach YOU to bite off elves' fingers

[Lanelf]

Well, there's a place that I drive past nearly every day - a sculptor's workshop named - wait for it - Helms Deep!!! Every time I go past I look at it, and yes it is named after the place. It's even got a LOTR poster in there. One day I'm going to walk in, go up to the nearest worker I can find and say "Who named this place? They ROCK!" and walk out again.
Lanelf.

[Sminty_Smeagol]

Aeryn- gimme a break lol. *was long gone by the time Aeryn reacted and did not get hit by arrow* stupid self-righteous elves...

Lanelf- Hehe that sounded funny... are you going to wait for a response to your question before you leave?

-~*Sminty*~-

[Dunadan]

There's a Buckland in Oxfordshire, halfway between Oxford and Swindon. Drove past it last night, in fact. In fact, the place names round this part of the world clearly influenced his naming of the the Shire. Others include:
Bucklebury, Berkshire
Nobottle, Northants
Stock, Essex

There's a Woodhall somewhere in Scotland, can't remember where, and a Micheldever in Hampshire, which is a bit too close for coincidence.

Any other "real" places?