Birmingham somehow resembles the the land of Mordor. In comparison with the predominance of nature in Sarehole, Birmingham is "sooty, cloaked in smoke and noise; an area invaded by heavy industries and houses very close to each other". The dark land of Mordor, realm of the Dark Lord Sauron (the enemy in The Lord of the Rings), seems very similar to this description of Birmingham.

Here is the place related to the date of the release of the movie Interstellar.

Here is the place related to the date of the release of The Betrothed.

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.

This is the place related to the date of the release of the Odyssey.