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'''Tighfield''' was a village or town located somewhere in the [[Shire]], though its exact location is not known. It is important to history as the home of many of [[Samwise Gamgee|Samwise Gamgee]]'s ancestors. His great-great-grandfather [[Wiseman Gamwich]] came to [[Tighfield]] about two hundred years before the [[War of the Ring]], and Wiseman's son [[Hob Gammidge]] is recorded as a roper, one of a long line of Tighfield rope-makers.  
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'''Tighfield''' was a village or town located somewhere in [[the Shire]].<ref group=note>Tighfield's location is unknown as it is not included in the published map ''[[A Part of the Shire]]''.</ref> It was the home of several families, specifically [[Gamwich Family|Gamwich]] (later [[Gammidge Family|Gammidge]]) and [[Roper Family|Roper families]].  


Hob's son [[Hobson Gamgee|Hobson]], and in turn his son [[Andwise Roper|Andwise]], were said to have practised their skills in a rope-walk (that is, a rope-maker's yard) for many years.
[[Wiseman Gamwich]] came to Tighfield about two hundred years before the [[War of the Ring]], and Wiseman's son [[Hob Gammidge]] is recorded as a roper, one of a long line of Tighfield rope-makers.<ref>{{PM|Trees}}, Table S2 ''Rise of the Family of Gardners of the Hill'', p. 115</ref>


Hob's grandson was [[Gaffer Gamgee|Hamfast Gamgee]], Sam's father, who left Tighfield for [[Hobbiton]], to start a new life as a gardener.
Hob's son [[Hobson Gamgee|Hobson]], and in turn his son [[Andwise Roper|Andwise]], were said to have practised their craft in a [[Wikipedia:ropewalk|rope-walk]] (that is, a rope-maker's yard) for many years.<ref>{{TT|IV1}}</ref>
==Etymology==
Tighfield's name is associated with the tradition of rope-making there and contains an old word for 'rope' (see English "tie", whose spelling was assimilated to verb "tie"). It was the site of a rope-maker's yard, also called "rope-walk" because the ropes were stretched out in long lines over trestles at intervals.


[[Tolkien]] notes the modern place-names tigh, teigh, tye, tey which are unrelated and means ""an enclosed piece of land" and does not occur as the first element in a compound.
Hob's grandson was [[Gaffer Gamgee|Hamfast Gamgee]], Sam's father, who left Tighfield for [[Hobbiton]], to start a new life as a gardener.<ref>{{App|Gamgee}}</ref>
 
Tolkien also noted that the term "rope-walk" in the text has confused several of his translators, to the point of imagining rope bridges.<ref>{{HM|N}}</ref>


==Etymology==
Tighfield's name is associated with the tradition of rope-making there and contains an old word for "rope" (see English "tie", whose spelling was assimilated to verb "tie"). It was the site of a rope-maker's yard, also called "rope-walk" because the ropes were stretched out in long lines over trestles at intervals.<ref name="Nomen"/>


[[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]] notes the modern place-name elements ''tigh, teigh, tye, tey'' which are unrelated; they mean "an enclosed piece of land" and do not occur as the first element in a compound.<ref name="Nomen"/>


Tolkien also noted that the term "rope-walk" in the text has confused several of his translators, to the point of imagining rope bridges.<ref name="Nomen">{{HM|N}}, p. 777</ref>


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Revision as of 17:16, 11 June 2020

Tighfield
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Tighfield was a village or town located somewhere in the Shire.[note 1] It was the home of several families, specifically Gamwich (later Gammidge) and Roper families.

Wiseman Gamwich came to Tighfield about two hundred years before the War of the Ring, and Wiseman's son Hob Gammidge is recorded as a roper, one of a long line of Tighfield rope-makers.[1]

Hob's son Hobson, and in turn his son Andwise, were said to have practised their craft in a rope-walk (that is, a rope-maker's yard) for many years.[2]

Hob's grandson was Hamfast Gamgee, Sam's father, who left Tighfield for Hobbiton, to start a new life as a gardener.[3]

Etymology

Tighfield's name is associated with the tradition of rope-making there and contains an old word for "rope" (see English "tie", whose spelling was assimilated to verb "tie"). It was the site of a rope-maker's yard, also called "rope-walk" because the ropes were stretched out in long lines over trestles at intervals.[4]

Tolkien notes the modern place-name elements tigh, teigh, tye, tey which are unrelated; they mean "an enclosed piece of land" and do not occur as the first element in a compound.[4]

Tolkien also noted that the term "rope-walk" in the text has confused several of his translators, to the point of imagining rope bridges.[4]

Notes

  1. ↑ Tighfield's location is unknown as it is not included in the published map A Part of the Shire.

References

  1. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Peoples of Middle-earth, "III. The Family Trees", Table S2 Rise of the Family of Gardners of the Hill, p. 115
  2. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Two Towers, "The Taming of Sméagol"
  3. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix C, "The Longfather-tree of Master Samwise"
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 J.R.R. Tolkien, "Nomenclature of The Lord of the Rings" in Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull (eds), The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion, p. 777
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