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	RedOrbit - Science - Bog Will Come to Life to Honour Tolkien (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Birmingham's historic Moseley Bog, the inspiration for JRR Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, is to get a major revamp and be put under control of the Wildlife Trust.
		It was while living near Moseley Bog that he enjoyed many childhood adventures in the woodland, feeding his imagination for his later writing.
		The Bog is recalled in his description of the Old Forest in The Lord of the Rings.
	www.redorbit.com /news/science/692598/bog_will_come_to_life_to_honour_tolkien/index.html?source=r_science (593 words)

	Moseley Local and Community Page
		Moseley borders on Kings Heath and is close to Cannon Hill Park.
		Moseley Village, still known as 'the village' because it used to be a village on the outskirts of Birmingham, is home to the Moseley Dovecote which can be found by Moseley Hall Hospital on the Alcester Road.
		Moseley is well served with parks and the MAC centre at Cannon Hill Park is well worth a visit.
	www.birminghamuk.com /moseley.htm (303 words)

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		SWANSHURST POOL (Grove, Moseley New, Swanshurst Slade Pool) was made in or before 1759 by Henry Giles as a fishpond : he constructed an earth dam across the small but relatively deep valley of a tiny brook which used to rise near the top of Brook Lane.
		The name 'Moseley' is incorrect : it was applied to several sites on the west side of Swanshurst Quarter in Yardley, probably because they were the property of the Moseley family of Grevis.
		Moseley Golf Course acquired part of the lakeside in 1892 and the rest between 1902 and '19.
	www.bgfl.org /bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/teacher/history/jm_jones/jmj_y_waters/page3.htm (2116 words)

	Cedar Bog General Education
		Cedar Bog is operated by the Ohio Historical Society, a nonprofit organization that serves as the state’s partner in preserving and interpreting Ohio’s history,archaeology and natural history.
		Woody vegetation and microtopography in the bog meadow association of Cedar Bog, a west-central Ohio fen.
		A check-list of vascular plants of Cedar Bog, Champaign County, Ohio which are of interest to students of local flora and ecology (numbers and nomenclature from Schaffner's revised catalogue of Ohio vascular plants [1932]).
	www.cedarbog.org /bibliographylist.htm (5496 words)

	Moseley Bog Local Nature Reserve
		Moseley Bog and Joy's Wood lie approximately 3 miles south of Birmingham City Centre, situated between Sparkhill and Billesley, Hall Green and Moseley or between Yardley Wood Road and Wake Green Road
		The land comprising Moseley Bog and Joy's Wood was declared a Local Nature Reserve by the council on 17 July 1991.
		The area known as Moseley Bog is made up of both wet and dry woodland together with patches of fen vegetation which has developed on the site of an old millpond.
	www.birmingham.gov.uk /GenerateContent?CONTENT_ITEM_ID=17276&CONTENT_ITEM_TYPE=0&MENU_ID=11889 (258 words)

	Moseley Bog - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Moseley Bog is a nature reserve in the Moseley area of Birmingham in England, at grid reference SP092821.
		Much of the area comprising Moseley Bog was declared a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in 1980.
		There are also burnt mounds in the banks of the Coldbath Brook, which, with their surrounding areas, are Scheduled Ancient Monuments.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Moseley_Bog (364 words)

	Tolkien Country Park Proposal
		The Moseley LNR Conservation Group, the River Cole and Chinn Book Conservation Group, The Tolkien Society and The Wildlife Trust for Birmingham and the Black Country, (Tolkien Country Park Partners), wish to work in partnership to develop a Tolkien Country Park in Birmingham.
		The Moseley Bog LNR Conservation Group was first known as Save Our Bog, and came into being in May 1980.
		Moseley Bog Conservation Group was first known as Save Our Bog, and came into being in May 1980.
	www.tolkiensociety.org /t_park/proposal_tolkienpark_2000.html (5744 words)

	Sarehole
		This pond, in a dell, is at the end of Moseley Bog near to Gracewell Road.
		Moseley Bog is now administred by the Birmingham Wildlife Trust as a nature reserve.
		The entrance into Moseley Bog is not easy to find (it's hard to find your way in and out!), but the helpful staff at the Sarehole Mill (see below) will give visitors a free map showing the entrance and paths.
	mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk /heartofengland2/tolkien/sarehole.htm (510 words)

	List of bogs - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		String bog - a bog consisting of slightly elevated ridges and islands, with woody plants, alternating with flat, wet sedge mat areas
		Bog of Allen - a large peat bog in the centre of Ireland
		Tannersville Cranberry Bog - A sphagnum bog in Pennsylvania
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_bogs (346 words)

	Lord of the Rings Movies Information \| TheOneRing.net™ \| News Archives
		From BBC.co.uk: Birmingham's historic Moseley Bog, said to have inspired JRR Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, is to get a major revamp.
		The author used the bog as a childhood playground.
		Moseley Bog dates back to the Bronze Age and is thought to have inspired the "Old Forest" in the author's books.
	www.theonering.net /perl/newsview/1/1160945125 (245 words)

	John Ronald Reuel Tolkien
		Tolkien explored the surroundings of his new home and found a place that civilisation had missed and that was the mysterious Moseley Bog.
		This pond was once used as an emergency supply of water for nearby Sarehole Mill, Tolkien and his brother were always found around this area and were always being chased away by the local miller, he was always covered in white dust and the boys described him as the white Orge.
		Moseley Bog was nine hectares of dense damp woodland, and is understood to be the inspiration behind the 'Old Forest', and the miller inspiration for 'Wizard Gandalf'.
	www.birminghamuk.com /tolkien.htm (432 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		A complete lifestyle on your doorstep Moseley is conveniently placed to benefit from a wide range of shops, entertainment and other amenities.
		Moseley is located just outside Birmingham, the UK's second city.
		Having lived in Moseley for 16 years, JR Tolkien based 'Middle Earth' on the area as well as 'The Old Forest' on his memories of Moseley Bog.
	www.laing-homes.co.uk /investmenthomes/Central/TheAcademy (240 words)

	BBC - Birmingham Features - The Lord Of The Rings - JRR Tolkien
		The young Tolkien went to King Edward's School in Birmingham from the age of eight, travelling in on the tram from Moseley, where the family had moved to make the journey easier.
		Moseley Bog too may have provided inspiration for some of the settings in "The Hobbit" and "Lord of the Rings."
		Life for a widow with two sons at the turn of the 20th century was not easy, and the family had a somewhat nomadic existence, moving from Sarehole to Moseley and from Moseley to King's Heath.
	www.bbc.co.uk /birmingham/features/2002/11/tolkien/jrr-tolkien-biography.shtml (753 words)

	Moseley Blog: 12/20/04 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Atomic, molecular and optical physics contribute to the special character of Moseley village, but these processes have recently become sources of heated exchange over implementation of environmental procedures focused on eliminating scattered but persistent ion free radicals.
		Moseley Fogs, Moseley Jogs, Moseley Togs and Moseley Zogs.
		If you have photographs, stories, or other items of Moseley interest, leave a comment, a link, or send a message to me at googlemail.com, and I'll arrange to publish it here.
	moseleyblog.blogspot.com /2004_12_20_moseleyblog_archive.html (289 words)

	Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Tolkien's wizardly wonderlands, known as Middle Earth, were inspired by Moseley Bog and Sarehole Mill, close to the author's childhood home in the village of Sarehole, which is now Hall Green.
		Many of the writer's worldwide army of fans converge on south Birmingham to see where he used to grow up but, it was claimed, many of them leave feeling disappointed as they cannot find their way around the fascinating sites of interest.
		Joy Fifer, president of Moseley Bog Conservation Group, is concerned that interest generated by the film, The Fellowship of the Ring, will create an invasion of tourists which the city will be unable to cope with.
	www.countingdown.com /movies/1202/news?item_id=18982&print=1 (613 words)

	Sarehole
		It is south of the City Centre and about a mile west of the A34, the Stratford Road, and is on the border between Hall Green and Moseley.
		Just to the west of 5 Gracewell is Moseley Bog, now a protected site, which has free access for the general public.
		The River Cole and Moseley Bog are looked after by Birmingham City Council, through their Ranger Service.
	www.tolkiensociety.org /t_park/index.html (509 words)

	Books \| Birmingham nature reserve renamed in Tolkien's honour
		The Birmingham Millstream Project park links a four-mile wooded walk along the river Cole and the Chinn brook and includes Moseley bog, one of the author's favourite childhood haunts and now a site of special scientific interest.
		Moseley Bog, a site that dates back to the bronze age, is thought to have inspired the Old Forest, the sentient, primeval wood in The Lord of the Rings that was home to Tom Bombadil.
		The local community and key groups in the Hall Green area of the city have lobbied long and hard for formal recognition for Tolkien and his association with the area.
	books.guardian.co.uk /print/0,,5096363-110306,00.html (439 words)

	Pentrace Article # 347:- On the Trail of Tolkien: Part 2: Tolkien's Inspirations in Birmingham Locations (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		At the rear of the house is Moseley Bog – ‘The Old Forest’ – and at the front, just across what was then a country lane (now the busy Wake Green Road), is Sarehole Mill – ‘The Old Mill at Hobbiton’.
		Moseley Bog, now a wonderful nature reserve, is in fact the drained former secondary storage pool for Sarehole Mill.
		Entering the Bog and climbing over the bank, which was formerly a dam, turn right along the top of the dam.
	www.pentrace.net /penbase/Data_Returns/full_article.asp?id=347 (3659 words)

	08-12-01: Call to Re-open Tolkien's Dell (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Campaigners in the Moseley district of Birmingham are calling on the city council to make more of the area's links to the famous writer J.R.Tolkien [sic].
		The then tiny village of nearby Sarehole is said to have been the model for the Shire, home of Bilbo in 'The Hobbit', and the Moseley Bog is recalled in the same book as the "Old Forest".
		Erect a statue of the writer in Moseley.
	www.tolkien-movies.com /words/2001/08-12-01a.shtml (334 words)

	J.R.R. Tolkien - The Man - Tolkienet.com - The Online Tolkien Community - Born, Childhood, Family, Oxford, The Lord of ...
		It was so as to be closer to the school that the family moved again, at the end of 1900, to Moseley.
		Moseley Bog, a prominent feature of this area, may once again have inspired him in the books he was to write.
		Then in early 1902 Mabel Tolkien again moved her family, from King's Heath to a house in Edgbaston, next door to the Birmingham Oratory, and to save money, Mabel removed the boys from King Edwards and enrolled them in the nearby St. Phillip's Grammar School.
	www.tolkienet.com /lothlorien/theman.asp (1323 words)

	Moseley Statue
		Most of the money will be from businesses and people from around the world – who have a great interest in all things Tolkien – who want to have their name subscribed to it and engraved on the leaves beneath the Ent.
		Second, the Moseley Business Association (out of which the Moseley Statue Group was borne) wanted to find a way to use the Tolkien Connection to encourage people into the centre of Moseley.
		And nowhere at present is that celebrated in Moseley, apart from Sarehole Mill near Moseley Bog, both on the edge of Moseley.
	www.davidisgrove.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk /TolkienStatue/statuefaq.htm (1068 words)

	fan.TheOneRing.net™ \| Writings \| Essays & Reviews \| On the Tolkien Trail, Part One
		Moseley Bog was before me. I paused for a moment, on the edge of the copse and at the top of the bank.
		Quite simply "over the road" from Moseley Bog is another of Tolkien’s childhood haunts.
		It wouldn’t have been hard for J. as a child to have crossed onto the miller’s land from Moseley Bog.
	fan.theonering.net /writing/reviews/files/spain_trail1.html (1678 words)

	The Two Towers - A J. R. R. Tolkien Museum Trail - 24 Hour Museum - official guide to UK museums, galleries, ...
		However, Moseley Bog was one area where Tolkien and his brother Hillary used to play that civilisation missed.
		Moseley Bog's greatest claim to fame is that it is widely understood to be the inspiration for Fangorn and the Old Forest in The Lord of the Rings.
		All Moseley Bog pictures were taken by Peter Gamble of VirtualBrum and are reproduced with his kind permission.
	www.24hourmuseum.org.uk /trlout_gfx_en/TRA14268.html (2806 words)

	Autographmania.Net - Tolkien
		This would make the ford a good model for the ford at Bruinen where the Black Riders are washed away whilst chasing the wounded Frodo on his way to Rivendell.
		Moseley Bog is the wooden Dell that Tolkien is referring to where the brothers would come, play and pick mushrooms in the field they passed through to reach the Dell.
		The farmer who owned the land where the boys picked the mushrooms would chase the boys, steal their shoes when they paddled in the brook and beat them when they went to get them back.
	www.autographmania.net /tolkien.htm (975 words)

	Birmingham's Young Archaeologists Club
		We visited Sarehole Mill and Moseley Bog (inspiration for Tolkien's Lord of the Rings) and learned about activity in the area from the bronze age 3,000 years ago to the late 19th century.
		We then climbed out of the valley and looked at some ancient sand pits before exploring the wooded Moseley Bog.
		An old pond in Moseley Bog - once part of a landscaped garden.
	www.byac.org.uk /news/moseley_bog.html (122 words)

	Moseley (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Moseley Bog, a Local Nature Reserve, is an area of ancient woodland near Moseley, Birmingham, and close to Sarehole Mill.
		This is a woodland explored by Tolkien during the few years he lived in the area as a young child.
		Within the boundaries of Moseley Bog there are burnt mounds dating back 3000BC.
	www.shireproductions.co.uk /moseley.htm (129 words)

	Area guide to Moseley (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Moseley is known, rather grandly, as Birmingham's Bohemian Quarter.
		For drinking Moseley has various chain pubs as well as fashionable bar The Jug of Ale, where you might spot local 'stars' Ocean Colour Scene or Bentley Rhythm Ace listening to local DJs or live bands.
		pub quizzes, Moseley Bog - inspiration of Tolkein's Lord of the Rings (little known trilogy, you won't have heard of it) and most importantly of all, their very own private park you have to pay for a key to get into.
	www.mysuttoncoldfield.co.uk /birmingham/property-moseley.htm (316 words)

	Moseley Bog \| townx
		This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License.
		Went to Moseley Bog today for the first time.
		Hopefully you can make out the large area of greenery: this is the wood surrounding the bog.
	townx.org /blog/elliot/moseley_bog (310 words)

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		Tolkien later lamented the encroachment of the suburbs upon his former home but there is one place that civilization missed: Moseley Bog.
		The bog was an ideal place for Tolkien´s childhood adventures.
		The bog is recalled in Tolkiens description of the Old Forest, last of the primeval wild woods, where Tom Bombadil lived.
	www.herrderringe-fanfiction.de /Tolkien/tolkientrail/index.htm (529 words)

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