Sarehole is an area in Birmingham, England (formerly a village in Worcestershire, but transfered to the city in 1911) Grid reference SP099818. The city from above Centenary Square. ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location within the British Isles Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area – Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population – Total (mid-2004) – Total (2001 Census) – Density Ranked 1st UK... Worcestershire (pronounced ; abbreviated Worcs) is a county located in the West Midlands region of central England. ... 1911 (MCMXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using latitude or longitude. ...

J. R. R. Tolkien lived there as a child in the 1890s, and the area influenced his description of the green and peaceful country of the Shire in his books. The nearby Moseley Bog (now a nature reserve) was probably the inspiration for the Old Forest - and the hill on which Spring Hill College stands, which even today, according to local legend, is criss-crossed with secret tunnels, could easily have become Tolkien's Bag End. J. R. R. Tolkien in 1972, in his study at Merton Street (from by H. Carpenter) John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (January 3, 1892 – September 2, 1973) is best known as the author of The Hobbit and its sequel The Lord of the Rings. ... A female child A child (plural: children) is a young human. ... The 1890s were sometimes referred to as the Mauve Decade, because William Henry Perkins aniline dye allowed the widespread use of that colour in fashion, and also as the Gay Nineties, under the then-current usage of the word gay which referred simply to merriment and frivolity, with no... Look up green in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The fields of the Shire in the Lord of the Rings movie trilogy Location of The Shire in Middle-earth marked in red In J. R. R. Tolkiens fictional realm of Middle-earth, the Shire is the region that is occupied by Hobbits. ... Look up book in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Moseley Bog is a nature reserve in the Moseley area of Birmingham in England, at grid reference SP092821. ... A nature reserve (natural reserve, nature preserve, natural preserve) is an area of importance for wildlife, flora, fauna or features of geological or other special interest, which is reserved and managed for conservation and to provide special opportunities for study or research. ... In J. R. R. Tolkien’s fictional universe of Middle-earth, the Old Forest is a small forested area which lies east of the Shire. ... Moseley School (incorporating Spring Hill College) is a large comprehensive in the Moseley area of Birmingham, England. ... Bag End, as it is represented in a Lord of the Rings computer game. ...

Sarehole Mill, which also influenced the young Tolkien, is a water-driven mill, now a museum, within the Shire Country Park. During the 18th Century the mill was leased by Matthew Boulton, one of the pioneers of the Industrial Revolution and leading figure of the Lunar Society, for scientific experimentation. Sarehole Mill (grid reference SP099818) is a water mill in the Sarehole area of Birmingham, England, driven by the River Cole. ... An overshot water wheel standing 42 feet high powers the Old Mill at Berry College in Rome, Georgia A water wheel (also waterwheel, Norse mill, Persian wheel or noria) is a hydropower system; a system for extracting power from a flow of water. ... The term mill, when used by itself, can refer to: Mill (factory) - a place of business for making articles of manufacture, e. ... A museum is typically a non-profit, permanent institution in the service of society and of its development, open to the public, which acquires, conserves, researches, communicates and exhibits, for purposes of study, education enjoyment, the tangible and intangible evidence of people and their environment. ... The Shire Country Park is a country park in the South of Birmingham, England. ... (17th century - 18th century - 19th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701 through 1800. ... Matthew Boulton. ... The Industrial Revolution was the major technological, socioeconomic and cultural change in the late 18th and early 19th century resulting from the replacement of an economy based on manual labour to one dominated by industry and machine manufacture. ... The Lunar Society was a discussion club of prominent industrialists and scientists, who met regularly between 1765 and 1813 in Birmingham, England. ...

The precise extent of Sarehole is not easy to define, lying, as it does, across the boundary of the much larger districts of Moseley and Hall Green. Moseley Park during the 2003 festival Moseley is a suburb of Birmingham, England, located 2 miles to the south of the city centre. ... Hall Green constituency shown within Birmingham Hall Green is an area in south Birmingham, England. ...

External links

• Sarehole Mill
• Sarehole and the Shire Park
• Shire Country Park
• Tolkien's Birmingham
• Tolkien's Birmingham - Sarehole Mill pictures
• Tolkien's Birmingham - Tolkien Trail including the Moseley Bog