Sarehole is a village near the industrial city of Birmingham, untouched by the industrialization of the other cities.
Tolkien said in a interview to a journal that the Shire, one of the regions of Middle-Earth and the place where the Hobbit lived, was actually inspired by the countryside of Sarehole. Moreover, the Hobbits were inspired by children and people of Sarehole.
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