https://tolkiengateway.net/w/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=75.19.180.100Tolkien Gateway - User contributions [en]2026-07-01T01:42:16ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.41.1https://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=The_Ivy_Bush&diff=85484The Ivy Bush2009-08-03T13:05:22Z<p>75.19.180.100: /* Inspiration */ Cite for the Ivy Bush</p>
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<div>The '''Ivy Bush''' was an inn located on [[Bywater Road]] in the [[Shire]]. <br />
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==History==<br />
The Ivy Bush was frequented by the [[Hobbits]] of [[Hobbiton]] and [[Bywater]]. It was here that [[Gaffer Gamgee]] got quite an audience who were interested in the stories he told about [[Bilbo Baggins|Bilbo]] and [[Frodo Baggins]].<br />
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==Inspiration==<br />
The Ivy Bush is the name of a public house located on Hagley Road, [[Birmingham]], England.<ref>[http://wulfwaru.wordpress.com/2008/09/06/its-official-hobbiton-is-really-birmingham/ | Fiona Glass, "It’s official – Hobbiton is really… Birmingham?!", Britwriters: A joint blog run by British Writers, posted September 6, 2008. Includes a photo.]</ref> When [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]] lived on Stirling Road this would have been his local hostelry and could be found halfway between his house and the Birmingham Oratory, where he worshiped for a time.<br />
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[[Category:Inns]]<br />
[[Category:Shire]]<br />
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