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'''Clayhanger''' was a | '''Clayhanger''' was a family of [[Hobbits]]. Only one member is reocrded by name, [[Lalia Clayhanger|Lalia]].<ref name="L214">{{HM|L}}, [[Letter 214]]</ref> | ||
==Genealogy== | |||
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{{familytree | LAL |y| FOR | LAL='''LALIA CLAYHANGER'''<br/><small>''1283 - 1402''</small>|FOR=[[Fortinbras Took II|Fortinbras Took II]]<br/><small>''1278 - 1380''}} | |||
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{{familytree | | | FER | | | FER=[[Ferumbras Took III|Ferumbras III]]<br/><small>''1316 - 1415''<small>}} | |||
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==Etymology== | |||
''Clayhanger'' is an English placename, the name of three hamlets in England (one in West Midlands, one in Cheshire and one in Devon). It comes from [[Old English|OE]] ''clæ¯ghangra'', "Clavey wooded slope".<ref>A.D. Mills, "A Dictionary of British Place-Names"</ref> As a family name, it is best known from [[wikipedia:Arnold Burnett|Arnold Burnett]]'s [[wikipedia:The Clayhanger Family|''Clayhanger'' novels]] published between 1910 and 1918. The name would likely be used for a family that resides on a clavey wooded slope. | |||
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Revision as of 10:18, 26 July 2009
Clayhanger was a family of Hobbits. Only one member is reocrded by name, Lalia.[1]
Genealogy
| LALIA CLAYHANGER 1283 - 1402 | Fortinbras Took II 1278 - 1380 | ||||||||||||||
| Ferumbras III 1316 - 1415 | |||||||||||||||
Etymology
Clayhanger is an English placename, the name of three hamlets in England (one in West Midlands, one in Cheshire and one in Devon). It comes from OE clæ¯ghangra, "Clavey wooded slope".[2] As a family name, it is best known from Arnold Burnett's Clayhanger novels published between 1910 and 1918. The name would likely be used for a family that resides on a clavey wooded slope.
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien, Humphrey Carpenter (ed.), The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, Letter 214
- ↑ A.D. Mills, "A Dictionary of British Place-Names"
