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The [[Hobbits of the Shire]]; the descendants and followers of [[Marcho]] and [[Blanco]], the two [[Bree-hobbits]] who founded the [[Shire]]. Among the Shire-hobbits were representatives of each of the three main types of Hobbit, the [[Stoors]], [[Harfoots]] and [[Fallohides]].
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The '''Shire-hobbits''' were the [[Hobbits]] that lived in [[the Shire]], as opposed to [[Bree-hobbits]] and [[Buckland]]ers.


Shire-hobbits were considered the most rustic and pastoral of their kind, even by other [[Hobbits]] (such as those of [[Bree]] or [[Buckland]]). The most important family among the Shire-hobbits were the [[Tooks]] of the [[Westfarthing]], who had held the hereditary, and largely honorary, title of [[Thain]] from [[Third Age|T.A.]] 2340.
==History==
Shire-hobbits were considered the most rustic and pastoral of their kind, even by other [[Hobbits]] (such as those of [[Bree]] or [[Buckland]]). The most important family among the Shire-hobbits were the [[Took Family|Tooks]] of the [[Westfarthing]], who had held the hereditary, and largely honorary, title of [[Thain]] from {{TA|2340}}.
 
 
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The Shire-hobbits were the Hobbits that lived in the Shire, as opposed to Bree-hobbits and Bucklanders.

History

Shire-hobbits were considered the most rustic and pastoral of their kind, even by other Hobbits (such as those of Bree or Buckland). The most important family among the Shire-hobbits were the Tooks of the Westfarthing, who had held the hereditary, and largely honorary, title of Thain from T.A. 2340.