Tuckborough

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Tuckborough is a prominent Hobbit settlement in the Shire, known as the ancestral home of the Took family in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth legendarium.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Hobbit settlement
fictional location
village in the Shire
appearsIn The Fellowship of the Ring NERFINISHED
The Hobbit (indirectly, via maps and references to the Shire)
The Lord of the Rings NERFINISHED
The Lord of the Rings Appendices NERFINISHED
The Return of the King NERFINISHED
The Two Towers NERFINISHED
appearsOn maps drawn by Christopher Tolkien based on J. R. R. Tolkien’s sketches
associatedFamily Took family NERFINISHED
associatedWithEvent lives of the Thains of the Shire
belongsToPoliticalUnit Arnor (in the late Third Age, nominally) NERFINISHED
contains Great Smials NERFINISHED
continent Eriador NERFINISHED
createdBy J. R. R. Tolkien NERFINISHED
describedAs ancestral home of the Tooks
etymologyType English-style place-name coined by Tolkien
fictionalCountry The Shire NERFINISHED
genre high fantasy
governedByTitle Thain NERFINISHED
hasCanonicalStatus legendarium canon
hasCulturalAssociation Took clan NERFINISHED
hasReputation important Hobbit center in the Shire
hasRole seat of the Thain
hasStructureType smials
homeOf Thain of the Shire NERFINISHED
Took family NERFINISHED
languageSpoken Westron NERFINISHED
locatedIn The Shire NERFINISHED
Westfarthing NERFINISHED
locatedInFictionalUniverse Middle-earth NERFINISHED
mapFeatureOf The Shire map in The Lord of the Rings
medium literature
mentionedIn The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B NERFINISHED
The Lord of the Rings, Appendix C NERFINISHED
The Lord of the Rings, Prologue NERFINISHED
near Green Hills NERFINISHED
notableResident Gerontius Took NERFINISHED
Paladin Took II NERFINISHED
Peregrin Took NERFINISHED
partOf Tookland NERFINISHED
raceInhabitants Hobbits NERFINISHED
regionType rural settlement
timePeriod primarily Third Age
world Arda NERFINISHED

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pippin Took birthPlace Tuckborough
The Shire containsSettlement Tuckborough
Shire notableSettlement Tuckborough
Peregrin Took placeOfBirth Tuckborough