While on my way to finding out something else online, I found a reference to a Dunedain Street in Hillsborough, New Jersey (just NE of Trenton). I checked Mapquest.com and found that Hillsborough is also home to Bywater Way, Rivendell Road, Lorien Place, and Buckland Drive.
Anyone live on or near a street whose name is drawn from Tolkien, or know of any such?
I did NOT put in a hotlink to the phrase “something else” in my posting above. It automatically appeared - now that’s a little creepy.
Not a street, but there is a vegetarian housing co-op at U.C. Berkeley called Lothlorien Hall.
Up near Boone, NC I knew a lady who lived on Rivendell Road. I think that there are a few LOTR sites that have pics of Tolkienesque road signs.
And here’s the link to that site:The Barrow-downs I especially like being at the corner of Elendil and Evenstar.
I’ve been a huge Tolkien fan since I was 11. When I was 13 I got to go on a large Boat called the Galadriel for a trip around Manhattan. I thought this was the coolest thing. My First 10-speed was a Huffy Strider. I was at a Dude ranch and one white horse was called Shadowfax, I begged to ride him. (I don’t need to go into Led Zepplin being one of my favorite groups, do I?)
They didn’t serve Lembas unfortunately.
I’ve interviewed in Hillsborough, I take it these are minor developement roads? 
Not all references to names LOTR are to the LOTR. Brandywine, for instance, is a town/area southwest of Philadelphia, and a common enough English name (though not, AFAIK, derived from Baraduin!). Pippin, of course, is the diminutive of Peregrin, a common Frankish name (for example, the son of Charlemagne).
I’ll have to investigate the street names in SJ and UC Davis, as listed in the barrowdowns.com link. I think the UC Davis stuff is a bit over the top, but what the heck… When I first came to work in the Silicon Valley, I programmed minicomputers. In our shop, most of the computer names were LOTR: Shadowfax, Gandalf, Frodo, Bilbo. :rolleyes:
There is a small subdivision in Baton Rouge called “The Shire” which features Michel Delving Road, Gamwich Road, Hobbiton Road, Tuckborough Road, Southland Court, and Shire Lane.
Columbia Maryland is loaded with them
Here’s a neat section of San Jose, CA I came across one day. It’s got
Bilbo
Breen
Brandywine
Shadowfax
Isengard
Brandybuck
Theoden and more.
Dammit. Now I won’t be happy until I live in Isengard.
None of the rest of us are seeing it. This is an effect of some varieties of scumware, to automatically stick links into webpages you see on your computer. Check the sticky in GQ for information on how to get rid of it, and prevent a re-infection.
South Woodham Ferrers, Essex, UK
I’ve linked to Gandalf’s Ride but there are loads more.
Clustered around Philly are many names that come from Welsh and related languages. Considering that everybody pronounces the name of the township Gwynnedd as “Gwin-ud” rather than the proper “Gwyneth” (yes, just like the actress) and that Dauphin street is always said as “daw-fin” rather than “dough-fan”, it could well be that Brandywine was originally Branduin or something similar.
At the University of California at Irvine, one of the on-campus housing communities is caled Middle Earth. I found it one boring afternoon, while looking through a Thomas Guide.
If you don’t object to opening a .pdf link, here’s a map.
Fifteen years ago when this county went to a new addressing system, I was designated to name the road I live on, since nobody else lives down this long, winding, dirt road that ends in the Deep Woods.
What else to name it but Rivendell Road, since it ends at the Last Homely House? (mine)
I’m always surprised at the number of people that are ignorant of Tolkien, and ask me to repeat the address: “Riverdale?” When I reply,“NO! R-I-V-E-N-D-E-L-L” I get blank stares.
Such is the world out there…
Heh, I came here to mention that. I lived on Michel Delving Road till I was seven years old.
There’s a very cool part of Davis (CA) known as “The Shire” which is more than just a development with Tolkien names. It’s an ecologically planned village-like section, with community gardens, narrower streets and more pathways, and a closer feel to the houses.
More information here.
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I’ve been watching this thread for two days
waiting for someone to make the obvious joke
– and since no one has – it falls to me.
Sam Gang G.
Lil’ Frodo
Paragon
Murderin’ and Pimpin’
The Notorious B.I.L.B.O.
Gandalf Tha WYTE (GRS-ONE)
Dwarves Called Quest
Golluminem
L. Round
Sourman
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You wanted “street” names…
I’ll be the first to register a large GROAN!!!
jrfranchi. Hey, I was amused.
I was particularly proud of* Murderin’ * and Pimpin’.