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bill-m 12-04-2006 06:31 PM

Tolkien and Cobsweb Cottage ?
 
Can anybody tell me if Tolkien, or his family, or any of his closest friends, ever lived in a bungalow or cottage called "Cobswebs," on Sea Road, in Milford-on-Sea?

I think this home was torn down several years ago, and rebuilt with other houses, all given hobbit names?

Thank you very much

Mithalwen 12-06-2006 11:50 AM

Tolkien's only school friend to survive WW1, Christopher Wiseman, retired to Milford and Tolkien visited him there. I don't know exactly where he lived but I think this is most likely unles it was just a holiday home rented for a few weeks. I am sure it was never a permanent residence.

Selmo 12-07-2006 04:40 AM

From his retierment from academic life until the death of his wife, Tolkien lived in Bournemouth, which is about fifteen miles from Milford-on-Sea.
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Mithalwen 02-27-2008 03:13 PM

Heren Istarioning .. (or TCBS revisited)
 
because Poison Ivy and myself went to Milford on Saturday and had a snoop at both Christopher Wiseman's house and the site of Cobblestones. One of the replacement houses was called Rivendell but I couldn't imagine Elrond living there.


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