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'''Stock''' was a town in the north of the [[Marish]], lying on the [[Stockbrook]] stream near to the banks of the River [[Brandywine]] in the [[Eastfarthing]] of [[the Shire]].<ref>{{FR|Part}}</ref> ''[[The Golden Perch]]'' in Stock was said to have the finest beer in the [[Eastfarthing]].

During [[Frodo Baggins|Frodo's]] journey to [[Buckland]], Frodo announced that he wished to straight across country to the [[Bucklebury Ferry]]. [[Peregrin Took|Pippin]] objected to the short cut, and mentioned the ''Golden Perch''. The hobbits avoided Stock in order to keep Pippin away from there and prevent their journey from being delayed.

In the Game Boy Advance version of ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (video game)]]'', it is possible to visit both Stock and the Golden Perch.

[[Category:Cities, towns and villages of the Shire]]

Ted Sandyman

2012-12-11T13:53:56Z

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| name=Ted Sandyman
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| birth=Late [[Third Age]]
| death=
| parentage=[[Sandyman]]
| location=[[Hobbiton]]
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'''Ted Sandyman''' was the miller of [[Hobbiton]].

==History==
Ted was a miller after [[Sandyman|his father]]. [[Samwise Gamgee|Sam]] did not like him, and even less when he found out Ted collaborated with [[Lotho Sackville-Baggins|Lotho]] and [[Saruman|Sharkey]], in exchange for a new and much improved mill.<ref>{{RK|Scouring}}</ref>

==Inspiration==
It is possible [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] was inspired by the miller's son at [[Sarehole]] mill, Warwickshire, England.

{{quote|There were two millers [at Sarehole Mill], father and son. The old man had a black beard, but it was the son who frightened the boys with his white dusty clothes and sharp-eyed face. Ronald named him 'the White Ogre'. When he yelled at them to clear off they would scamper away from the yard...|[[J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography]]}}

{{quote|I never liked the looks of the Young miller, but his father, the Old miller, had a black beard, and he was not named Sandyman.|[[J.R.R. Tolkien]]<ref>{{FR|Foreword}}</ref>}}

==Portrayal in Adaptations==
'''2001: {{fotree}}:'''
:[[Brian Sergent]] plays Ted. He is present during [[Gaffer Gamgee]]'s talk in the [[Green Dragon]].

'''2002: ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (video game)]]'':'''
:Sandyman is standing in front of his mill, looking for an iron pin (that [[Sancho Proudfoot]] later admits to have stolen). Retrieving the pin, which is stuck in the Old Grange's weather vane. He is ill-tempered, but expresses gratitude to Frodo after he is assisted, before moaning teh fact that he sent [[Mugwort]] to [[Bree]] to fetch a new pin.

{{references}}
[[Category:Characters in The Lord of the Rings]]
[[Category:Hobbits]]
[[Category:Sandyman]]

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