"Spinner's End" -- a house? (was Re: History and Myth Behind HP)

[Fitzov de Sullens]

No: HPFGUIDX 126235


Fitzov de Sullens wrote:
> The Chapter Title of "Spinner's End" ... sounds more like a house name 
> than a street name to me. <snip>

Carol responds:
> Regarding the name "Spinner's End": I thought that "End" was a term used 
> in Britain for a cul-de-sac, which literally means "bottom of the bag" 
> (note Tolkien's pun in naming Bilbo's house "Bag End," which IIRC refers 
> to both the house and the cul-de-sac where it's situated. At the end of 
> LOTR, the street replacing Bagshot Row is called New Row but referred to 
> as "Sharky's End" as "a purely Bywater joke."
>
> Carol, who has never encountered a house with a name outside British 
> literature (and photos of Frank Lloyd Wright creations)


Fitzov: 

It's very common for British houses to have names: particularly in villages 
and historic towns where the owners seem to think that '2 Main Street' is a 
bit boring for their lovely two-bedroomed bugalow.

I'm no expert, but I think the term 'End' when applied to a house indicates 
that it is at the end of a street or at the edge of a village.  'Howards End' 
by E.M. Forster (one of the greatest novels of all time IMHO), refers to the 
house owned by Mrs Wilcox at the edge of the village of Hilton. And I always 
thought that 'Bag End' in LOTR also referred to Bilbo's house at the end of 
Bagshot Row.

Assuming that Godric's Hollow is a village and not a house, I wonder whether 
this could be the location of Spinners End?  If it is indeed Sirius' other 
house, this would make it very convenient indeed for visiting Mr and Mrs 
Potter for Sunday lunch.

Wouldn't it be great if Harry had an early visit to Godric's Hollow in Book 
Six?

Fitzov