{"id":112816,"date":"2022-04-07T09:04:37","date_gmt":"2022-04-07T14:04:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=112816"},"modified":"2022-04-11T16:21:30","modified_gmt":"2022-04-11T21:21:30","slug":"blue-plaque-honouring-j-r-r-tolkien-unveiled-at-former-uk-railway-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2022\/04\/07\/112816-blue-plaque-honouring-j-r-r-tolkien-unveiled-at-former-uk-railway-station\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue plaque honouring J.R.R. Tolkien unveiled at former UK railway station"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The BBC reports<\/a> that a commemorative plaque has been installed at the former Gedling Railway Station in Nottinghamshire to honour a visit by J.R.R. Tolkien in 1914 during which he wrote the first draft of a poem called The Voyage of \u00c9arendel the Evening Star<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This poem, which can be found in the second volume of The History of Middle-earth, forms Tolkien’s earliest writings on the subject of E\u00e4rendil the mariner. He then later incorporated those ideas into his growing mythology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The JRR Tolkien plaque before mounting at the former Gedling Railway Station. Source: Andy Owens<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Local Gedling resident Paul Farrell said to the BBC that he thought the station setting was apt as it was “the start of Tolkien’s journey”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In one of his letters, Tolkien wrote that he had been inspired by inspired by a line from the Crist<\/em> of Cynewulf.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I wrote a ‘poem’ upon Earendel who launched his ship like a bright spark from the havens of the Sun. I adopted him into my mythology \u2013 in which he became a prime figure as a mariner, and eventually as a herald star, and a sign of hope to men. Aiya E\u00e4rendil Elenion Ancalima (II 329) ‘hail Earendil brightest of Stars’ is derived at long remove from \u00c9ala \u00c9arendel engla beorhtast.<\/p>Letter #297, The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

“I thought let’s do something for the old railway station,” Mr Farrell said. “It’s a fascinating link between the village and one of our most creative writers.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Blue plaques<\/a> are often used as a way to honour a link between a location and a famous person or event in the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read the full story<\/a> on the BBC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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