Bywater

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Bywater is a small rural village in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth, known for its inn the Green Dragon and its proximity to Hobbiton in the Shire.

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Bywater canonical 18

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional village
settlement in Middle-earth
appearsIn The Fellowship of the Ring
The Hobbit
The Lord of the Rings
The Return of the King
associatedWithCharacter Frodo Baggins
Lotho Sackville-Baggins
Meriadoc Brandybuck
Peregrin Took
Samwise Gamgee
Sharkey (Saruman)
linked to: Saruman
battleOccurredIn Battle of Bywater
battleOccurredOn 3 November 3019 Third Age
createdBy J. R. R. Tolkien
crossedBy Bywater Road
describedAs rural village
small village in the Shire
followsCalendar Shire Reckoning
governedBy Shire-thain (indirectly)
hasAlternativeName By-water
hasGeographicalFeature Bywater Pool
Bywater Road
The Water
hasInn The Green Dragon
linked to: Green Dragon Inn
hasNotableBuilding The Green Dragon
linked to: Green Dragon Inn

The Old Mill (near Bywater)
hasPrimaryEconomicActivity agriculture (implied)
innkeeping
inhabitedBy Hobbits
languageOfName Westron
locatedEastOf Hobbiton
locatedIn Eriador
Middle-earth
the Shire
linked to: The Shire
locatedInAdministrativeRegion Westfarthing
locatedNear Hobbiton
mentionedIn The Scouring of the Shire
nearWaterBody Bywater Pool
The Water
notableEvent Battle of Bywater
partOf the Shire
linked to: The Shire
regionType rural
timePeriod Fourth Age (aftermath references)
Third Age
transportRoute road between Hobbiton and Bywater
universe Middle-earth legendarium

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