Tutbury
in the county of Staffordshire
Harden
in the county of West Yorkshire
Kedington
in the county of Suffolk
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The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle records that a Viking army raided the Hook Norton area in AD 913. Reports of a band of Hook Norton villagers arming themselves and attempting to fight a Viking raiding party have also been made, supported by finds in nearby fields.
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J R R Tolkien, author of 'The Hobbit' and 'Lord of the Rings', spent his childhood in the village of Sarehole, Birmingham. The tiny village is said to have been the model for the Shire, home of Bilbo Baggins in the book The Hobbit.
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