Tolkien slept here

[wellinghall]

"even JRR Tolkien conceived of The Hobbit during his five years lecturing at Leeds University"

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/apr/19/granta-novelists-leeds-literature

Comments

[steepholm.livejournal.com]

I meant to alert you to this programme (http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01s8qxr) on Cannock Chase a couple of days ago, which speculates on whether Mordor was inspired by army training in Staffordshire (12 minutes in).

I do hope you're collecting these for a book!

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

Book ... well ... maybe a paper at Oxonmoot one year ...

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

It is a more likely claim than some, I guess...

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

That is true, sadly.

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

We don't appear to claim to have inspired him to write LotR etc - but we have used the characters on stamps and coins (http://www.tolkienshop.com/contents/en-uk/d152.html).

And I have found a book review (http://www.transceltic.com/celticmythsandstories/bookreviews/1003-legendofsigurdandgudrun) of 'Sigurd and Gudrun' which points out our connection to that!