Godric's Hollow is a Town

[erisedstraeh2002 <erisedstraeh2002@yahoo.com>]

No: HPFGUIDX 52772

I (Phyllis/erisedstraeh2002) wrote:

> Andrea wrote:
> 
> I think it's more likely that Godric's Hollow is the name of the 
> town. 
> 
> Now me:
> 
> Yep. From the Lexicon and JKR's Quidditch through the Ages:  "In 
> the mid-1300s, Godric's Hollow was the home of Bowman Wright, the 
> inventor of the Golden Snitch."  So it's the name of the hamlet or 
> town where the Potters lived, not the name of the Potter's house 
> itself.

Me again:

Ok, now that I've posted the above with such certainty, it occurred 
to me that the fact that Bowman Wright also lived in Godric's Hollow 
doesn't necessarily rule out the possibility that it could be the 
name of the Potter's house.  What if Wright was an ancestor of the 
Potters, and the Potters inherited the house from him?  There has 
been some speculation that Wright might be an ancestor of James 
Potter, with the proceeds from the development of the snitch being 
the source of James' inherited wealth.

So I didn't conclusively solve this particular question after all.  
Although I do still believe Godric's Hollow is the name of the 
town.  "Hollow" is used to connote a small valley, which is 
suggestive of a general location rather than a specific house name 
IMO.

~Phyllis