I'll try to remember to dig out my photo of the Middle Earth Tavern later. Thinking about the name of the pub, I'll bet it comes from the fact that Caedmon wrote his famous hymn in Whitby which refers to Middengeard i.e. Middle-earth. So it may not be named due to a Tolkien connection. However, we were in there in June (drinking some nice, cool Magners cider, mmmmmmm.....) and they have Alan Lee prints up and a display about Tolkien, so....
I noticed as well, that on the way to Whitby, between Malton and Pickering you pass a couple of villages called High Marishes and Low Marishes.
I've been sorely tempted to rename my house Bag End for a while, though would this look a bit silly on a terraced house? It
is an end-of-terrace.
