The Shire

The Shire is a location in both The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings trilogies. It first appeared in the first LOTR film and made a final appearance in The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies. 
==History==
In TA 1601, The brothers Blanco and Marcho are originally from Bree. They are given permission by the King of Arthedain to travel westward. Finally the brothers and their followers reach a land with rich, fertile soil between the Brandywine River and the Far Downs and name it the Shire
==Locations==
* Eastfarthing Woods is a Shire location. Frodo goes here to surprise Gandalf and reads a book there.	
* Frogmorton is a Shire location. It is only mentioned in An Unexpected Journey. Once in a while, Bilbo Baggins often took hiking trips to Frogmorton while on vacations.	
* Hardbottle is a Shire location. It is mentioned in The Fellowship of the Ring. Hardbottle was a town in the northern parts of the Shire. The Bracegirdles are notable members there. (The Fellowship of the Ring)	
* Michel Delving is a Shire location. It is the capital of the Shire. Samwise Gamgee ran for mayor and became it seven times.	
* Southfarthing is a Shire location. It is only mentioned in The Two Towers. Merry and Pippin find longbottom leaf grown from Southfarthing in Saruman's storeroom.	
* Westfarthing is a Shire location. Westfarthing is the western parts of the shire and the most-populated.
==Notable Inhabitants==
*Baggins family
**Belladonna Took †
**Bilbo Baggins (formerly)
**Bungo Baggins †
**Frodo Baggins (formerly)
*Boffins family
*Bolger family
*Bracegirdle family
*Brandybuck family
**Meriadoc Brandybuck
*Brown family
*Cotton family
**Rosie Cotton
**Farmer Cotton
*Gamgee family
**Samwise Gamgee
**Hamfast Gamgee
*Goodchild family
*Sackville-Baggins family
**Lobelia Sackville-Baggins
**Lotho Sackville-Baggins
**Otho Sackville-Baggins
*Took family
**Old Took †
**Pippin Took
== Navigation ==
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