Harry Potter's birthplace

[dfrankis at dial.pipex.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 20603

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Susan Hall" <shall at s...> wrote:
> 
> >I would assume Harry's birthplace as Godric's Hollow.  Use
> >London...probably close enough.
> 
> As Hermoine might have said, Astrology is a *very* imprecise 
subject, but
> there's no need to treat Geography the same way.  Hagrid picked up 
the baby
> Harry from the ruins of his house in Godric's Hollow and flew him 
to the
> Dursley household which is in Surrey (precise position unclear, but 
probably
> about 25 miles SW of London would do it).    Hagrid remarked that 
the baby
> Harry had fallen asleep "when they were flying over Bristol".  
Bristol is
> 120 miles due West of London.  > Susan

See the Lexicon for why this doesn't prove Godric's Hollow is in or 
near Wales.

But the real problem is the assumption that Harry was born there.  
When they are in Godric's Hollow, they are on the run.  Harry could 
have been born anywhere (at least anywhere in reach of the Evans 
diaspora).

David, not a fan of Anne Robinson