[HPforGrownups] Godric's Hollow was Re: How does Petunia know about Dementors?

[udder_pen_dragon]

No: HPFGUIDX 97184



Geoff Bannister <gbannister10 at aol.com> wrote:
--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Jim Ferer" wrote:

Jim:
> When Hagrid brought baby Harry to Little Whinging, Surrey, from
> Godric's Hollow, he mentioned that Harry fell asleep over Bristol. 
By
> extending a line between Surrey and Bristol the line extends into
> Wales, depending, I suppose, on where in Surrey "Little Whinging" 
is.
> I never looked at it myself.

Geoff:
Yes, I'd forgotten that. He certainly could have come from Wales 
unless he curved round to avoid towns as the "broomstick gang" did on 
their way to Grimmauld Place in OOTP.

Jim: 
> People also cite that the Sorting Hat's song once said Godric
> Gryffindor was "from fen," which was taken to suggest Wales.

Geoff:
The Fens are an area in Lincolnshire and East Anglia on the East 
coast so I wouldn't personally have made an association with Wales 
from that.

 

Now Udderpd

The OED defines fen: >"a low marshy or frequently flooded area of land"<. As such this could occour anywhere, however, Jim's statement that "The Fens" are in East Anglia is essentialy correct.

For interest, there is a place  called "Fairyhill" about a hundred miles from Bristol along the S. Wales coast.

Uder PenDragon




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