Home Introduction Tolkien in Great Haywood Features Trail Map Tolkien in Staffordshire Tolkien Group News Home Introduction Tolkien in Great Haywood Features Trail Map Tolkien in Staffordshire Tolkien Group News Tolkien’s Associated Features THE CLIFFORD ARMS The earlier hotel could have been where Ronald and Edith stayed while looking for somewhere Edith could live while he was billeted at Brocton Camp. SHUGBOROUGH HALL Tolkien passed this Hall on his way to visit Edith in Great Haywood and it probably inspired his ‘The House of a Hundred Chimneys’ Tolkien THE ESSEX BRIDGE ‘The Bridge of Tavrobel’ near to where the Rivers Sow and Trent meet , Tolkien’s ‘the Gruir and the Afros’ ST. JOHN’S CHURCH AND PRESBYTERY The Tolkiens made early contact with Father Emery and Edith and cousin Jennie may well have stayed here temporarily while looking for more suitable accommodation. Please see our Information Booklet and elsewhere on this website for more detailed information THE STAFFORDSHIRE KNOT Although now a private house, this was a public house in Tolkien’s time. It was often frequented by officers from Brocton Camp and he probably knew it well. HAZEL DENE From the Presbytery Edith and Jennie moved to furnished rooms here at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Kendrick. This house was demolished in the early 1970s and a Doctors’ Surgery has been developed from its outbuildings ROCK COTTAGE This is where the Tolkiens’ probably lived after Ronald returned from the Somme in late 1916.