It first appears in the opening of Goblet of Fire as the location of Frank Bryce's murder and at this point in the chronology of the Harry Potter series, it is decrepit and covered in vines. Above the village on one side of the valley are a church, a cemetery and the Riddle House, the former estate of the aristocratic Riddle family and at one time the finest house in the village. The village occupies the floor of a valley, bounded by steep hills, not far from the larger settlement of Great Hangleton. Although the village first appears in Goblet of Fire, the fourth volume in the series, it is not described until Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, the sixth volume. Little Hangleton is a fictional Muggle village some 200 miles from Little Whinging notable as the place of origin of Voldemort's maternal and paternal ancestors, and as the place where he was restored to bodily form in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. It was there that Bathilda Bagshot introduced Albus Dumbledore to her great-nephew Gellert Grindelwald. Invisible to Muggles, the remains of Harry's old home (left just as it was after Voldemort attacked) are found at the end of the main street.Īfter Albus Dumbledore's arrest in Mould-on-the-Wold for cursing two muggles who had bullied his daughter Ariana, the Dumbledore family moved to Godric's Hollow. Other notable residents of the village include Bowman Wright (inventor of the Golden Snitch) and Bathilda Bagshot, author of A History of Magic.Īt the centre of the village square of Godric's Hollow, there is a war memorial that magically transforms into a monument to the Potter family – James, Lily, and Harry – when approached by witches and/or wizards unaccompanied by Muggles. Albus Dumbledore's mother Kendra moved her family to Godric's Hollow after her husband, Percival, was arrested for attacking three Muggle boys. In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Harry returns to Godric's Hollow to visit his parents' graves, finding out that the church graveyard is the resting place for many wizard personalities, including a member of Hannah Abbott's family and, most famously, Ignotus Peverell and the Potters. Godric's Hollow was the home of long-dead Hogwarts founder Godric Gryffindor (after whom the village was named) and the home of James Potter's family. It was at this place that their baby son, Harry, was left with his lightning bolt-shaped scar. The village was the home and final hiding place of James and Lily Potter before being murdered by Lord Voldemort. It is noted for being home to a magical community like several other villages such as Ottery St Catchpole and Tinworth. Godric's Hollow is a fictional village, where Lily and James Potter lived with their young son Harry, located in the West Country of England. Godric's Hollow Leavesden Studios film set for Potter's cottage in Godric's Hollow Outside the front door were a jumble of Wellington boots and a rusty old cauldron. When a new child was born, Molly and Arthur Weasley just added an extra room onto the house. In Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, the Burrow was described as a pig-sty that had extra rooms added to it. In 1997, The Burrow became the headquarters of the Order of the Phoenix after the death of the Hogwarts Headmaster, Albus Dumbledore. There is also a small hangar located there that Arthur Weasley uses as a workshop to tinker with muggle items that he brings home (much to Mrs. A multitude of garden gnomes infests the garden of the Burrow. The well-hidden orchard nearby doubles as a Quidditch pitch for the Weasley children. Despite the house's rundown appearance, Harry remarks on his first visit that it was the best house he had ever been in and it becomes his second favourite place in the world (after Hogwarts). It is also quite dilapidated, managing to remain standing only by magic. The Burrow was used as the Order of the Phoenix's headquarters, due to the compromised Fidelius Charm placed on 12 Grimmauld Place, in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows until it lost its given protection. The Weasleys' home, known as the Burrow, is located outside the village of Ottery St Catchpole which is situated alongside the River Otter in Devon, England, also near the home of the Lovegoods, the Diggorys and the Fawcetts. These locations are categorised as a dwelling, school, shopping district, or government-affiliated locale.ĭwellings The Burrow Scale model of The Burrow, as displayed to the public as part of The Making of Harry Potter permanent exhibition. Rowling's Harry Potter universe contains numerous settings for the events in her fantasy novels.
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