Godric's Hollow

[arrowsmithbt]

No: HPFGUIDX 76046

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Steve" <bboy_mn at y...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Geoff Bannister"
> <gbannister10 at a...> wrote:
> > --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Scott Santangelo 
> > <owlery2003 at y...> wrote:
> > > 
> > > 
> > > B Arrowsmith <arrowsmithbt at b...> wrote:
> > > Kneasy said:
> > > 
> > > . . . I can only find Godrics Hollow referred to as 'house' not 
> > a 'home', ...edited...
> > > So, is it home? If not, where is? And who has the keys?
> > >
 
> > Scott:
> > > ... The HP Lexicon says it's a Muggle Village where Lilly and 
> > > James had a cottage....
> > > 
> > > owlery2003
> > > 
> > > 
> 
> 
> > 
> > Me:
> > PS (page 14 "The Boy Who Lived") McGonagall speaking - 
> > 
> > "What they're /saying/," she pressed on, "is that last night 
> > Voldemort turned up in Godric's Hollow. He went to find the
Potters. 
> > The rumour is that Lily and James Potter are -  are -that they're
 -
> >  /dead/".
> > 
> > Geoff
> 
> 
> bboy_mn:
> 
edited 
> So that implies that Godric's Hollow is a town or village rather
than
> the name of a mansion, manor, or country estate. 
> 
> Also, other people have lived in Godric's Hollow, for example,
Bowman
> Wright of Godric's Hollow is the inventor of the Golden Snitch.
> 
> To the main question of what happen to the Potter house in Godric's
> Hollow, we first need to decide if this was a house they were
renting
> or a house they owned. 
> 
> The next step, assuming ownership, is to ponder whether this was the
> ancestral home of the Potter's, or just Lily and James house? 
> 
> The next step assuming ownership and ancestral home, is whether this
> was a cottage, a nice house, or a mansion.
> 
> Then we can finally ponder it's location and fate.
> 
> My position right now, with admittedly little to back it up, is that
> it was either rented or a small cottage that James and Lily owned.
> 
> The next question I must ponder given that James seems to have
> inherited significant wealth, where is the Potter ancestral home?
> 
> Enquiring minds want to know.
> 
> bboy_mn

I'm happy to concede that Godrics Hollow is more likely to be a place
than a building, but as repeated above by bboy_mn, the main thrust of
my question, 'where is home for the Potters and who has the keys?' 
might have some significance in the scheme of things.

We know a lot of money came from somewhere, a fairly large family 
was depicted in the Mirror of Erised, and Sirius was accepted into
James' family home, so there was space to spare. Why so little
information about James' family and their home? 
Even less than about Lilys'.

My suspicion index is rising.

Kneasy