Banks (family)

Banks was a common name for Hobbits in the Shire and Bree. 
==Known Family Members==
*Eglantine Banks: the mother of Peregrin Took.The Lord of the Rings, Appendix C: Family Trees, Took of Great Smials
*Willie Banks: a hobbit from Bree, who was killed when Ruffians attacked Bree early in TA 3019.The Lord of the Rings, Vol. III: The Return of the King, Book Six, Ch. VII: "Homeward Bound"
==Etymology ==
The name banks is topographical, referring to "steep slopes or hill-sides".The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion, "Nomenclature of The Lord of the Rings", pg. 753
==References==
Category:Hobbit families
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Category:Bree families