[HPforGrownups] What is Godric's Hollow? (was: Godric Hollow/Heartless Dursleys)

[Kathryn Wolber]

No: HPFGUIDX 52769


 
 Emily F <potterfan23 at hotmail.com> wrote:
Andrea said:
>PS/SS, Ch. 1 "The Boy Who Lived" -- "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 rumor is that Lily and James Potter are -- are
>-- that they're -- *dead*."
>
>Whether or not they lived there *prior* to going under the Fidelius Charm
>is debatable, but that's where they were Halloween 1981, at least

Andrea's response reminded me of a question I had: Is Godric's Hollow the 
name of the home, or the city?  IIRC, I don't think we have enough 
information in canon to answer this, but someone on this list may surprise 
me.  :-)  A lot of people use the Potters' residence in Godric's Hollow the 
city as evidence for Gryffindor's Heir!Harry.  However, is it possible that 
since both James and Lily were in Gryffindor, they thought that might be a 
clever name for their home?  It does have a nice ring to it, after all.

I've never really understood why people name their houses/estates, or other 
possessions, for that matter.  :-)  (At first I was going to blame it on 
being American, but then I remembered that some Americans, mostly affluent, 
do in fact name their estates.)

Emily, who only refers to her house by number and street name


We don't know from canon if it's their house or town, but I've always assumed it was their house (like the Weasleys' "Burrow") or the community they live in, but not the city. JKR seems to use real city names so I don't think it is their city.

~Kathryn



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