Westmarch (Shire)

The Sirannar and Sindar in Lindon drifted westward the centuries, some taking ship across the sea, some simply moving to be near their own kind in the coastal villages the Elvish realm.By the late Third Age,the woodlands between the western boundary of the Shire and the Tower Hills were virtually  uninhabited.King Elessar, after conferring with the Elves, granted this land to the Hobbits as the Westmarch of the Shire in FA.31. Fastred Fairbairn and his wife Elanor Gardner, the daughter of Master Samwise Gamgee,were made Wardens of the Westmarch.They lived in the new village of Undertowers, where the  Menatar Romen climbed the eastern slopes of the Tower Hills.Elanor, who had spent years as handmaiden in the court of Gondor, kept up her contacts through letters and visits throughout her life, becoming an influential scholar.Both of the Fairbairns had Elvish friends.