Potter Geography

[jodel at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 49656

Sorry to be a wet blanket. But we've been led to take a lot for granted over 
the fact that the Potter's home was in a place that was known as "Godric's 
Hollow".

Given that James and Lily were both apparantly ex-Gryffandors, and given that 
some Brits do name their houses, what is to keep Godric's Hollow from being 
just the name of the Potter's home which they had deliberately named in honor 
of the founder of their old school's "House"?

Nothing, really. Nothing, that is, except for the reference to Godrick's 
Hollow having been the home of Bowman Wright, the metal charmer who invented 
the Golden Snitch. (In the 14th century.) So the name has been used before, 
whether this is the *same* Godrick's Hollow or not. 

Another note: Hogsmeade may be the only all-wizarding village in Great 
Britian *now*, but has anyone ever claimed that it always has been? It's been 
six centuries since Bowman Wright invented the Snitch. The Potters may have 
had more than one thing to commemorate in naming their house.

_JOdel (just trying for a little balance here.)