W. H. Duignan's Worcestershire Place Names conjectures that the name derives from Old EnglishSyrfe, "Service tree", and hyll, "Hill".[3]
Sarehole gave its name to a farm (now built over) and a mill. It extended from the ford at Green Lane (now Green Road), southwards for about a mile, along the River Cole to the Dingles. Birmingham City Council has named the segment of the path along the Cole southwards from Sarehole Mill the John Morris Jones Walkway after a local historian.
J. R. R. Tolkien lived here as a child in the 1890s. 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) may have been the inspiration for the Old Forest.[4] Tolkien stated:
It was a kind of lost paradise. There was an old mill that really did grind corn with two millers, a great big pond with swans on it, a sandpit, a wonderful dell with flowers, a few old-fashioned village houses and, further away, a stream with another mill. I always knew it would go - and it did.[4]
sarehole, gambian, senegalese, language, sarahole, grid, reference, sp099818, area, hall, green, birmingham, england, historically, worcestershire, small, hamlet, larger, parish, manor, yardley, which, transferred, birmingham, 1911, birmingham, classed, part, . For the Gambian Senegalese language see Sarahole Sarehole grid reference SP099818 is an area in Hall Green Birmingham England Historically in Worcestershire 1 it was a small hamlet in the larger parish and manor of Yardley 2 which was transferred to Birmingham in 1911 Birmingham was classed as part of Warwickshire until 1974 and since then has been part of the West Midlands Sarehole Mill W H Duignan s Worcestershire Place Names conjectures that the name derives from Old English Syrfe Service tree and hyll Hill 3 Sarehole gave its name to a farm now built over and a mill It extended from the ford at Green Lane now Green Road southwards for about a mile along the River Cole to the Dingles Birmingham City Council has named the segment of the path along the Cole southwards from Sarehole Mill the John Morris Jones Walkway after a local historian J R R Tolkien lived here as a child in the 1890s 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 may have been the inspiration for the Old Forest 4 Tolkien stated It was a kind of lost paradise There was an old mill that really did grind corn with two millers a great big pond with swans on it a sandpit a wonderful dell with flowers a few old fashioned village houses and further away a stream with another mill I always knew it would go and it did 4 According to local legend the hill on which Spring Hill College stands is criss crossed with secret tunnels and could easily have become Tolkien s Bag End 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 5 References edit Gazetteer of British Counties Acocks Green Local History Society Duignan W H 1905 Worcestershire Place Names Henry Frowde p 145 a b Ezard John 28 December 1991 Tolkien s shire The Guardian Sarehole Mill Historic England Retrieved 25 March 2020 Sources editHall Green and Hereabout John Morris JONES ed Michael Byrne 1989 Birmingham Libraries Catalogue Here and Then The past of Our District John Morris JONES Birmingham Libraries Catalogue External links editJohn Morris Jones Walkway 52 26 03 N 1 51 21 W 52 43409 N 1 85581 W 52 43409 1 85581 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Sarehole amp oldid 1168394483, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
