Newbury and Crickhollow
Newbury was a Buckland village , the only one inland from the Brandywine. Before the completion of the High Hay in the25th century, this had been a fortified hilltop. The tower on the hill had been taken down; Newbury now consisted of Gorbuck Hall , set into the hillside, and a small surrounding village. Gorbuck Hall had some almost forgotten rooms that served as a Mathom House for artifacts of the wars against the Old Forest. Weapons of slaying effective against huorns and goblins could be found here, as well as flame-charged arrows and tomes and scrolls of spells. A few of the Gorbucks in any generation studied the old knowledge in case for some threat to invade Buckland from the forest. Precious Gorbuck, the matriarch of the family, was one of the few overt nature worshippers left in the Shire. She talked to a small fir tree (a stunted huorn) in her garden, and it occasionally answered back.
Places of Note:[]
- Gorbuck Hall
- Newbury Tavern
- Old Forestry
Inhabitants[]
Angelica Boffin Berilac Boffin Camellia Boffin Celandine Brandybuck Dinodas Boffin Esmeralda Boffin Fosco Boffin Griffo Boffin Marigold Boffin Prisca Boffin Rollo Boffin Rollo Hamson Wilmac Brandybuck
Frequent Visitors: Athelwyn
References[]
- LOTRO:Breeland; Buckland, Newbury
- MERP:The Shire