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‘That,’ said Merry, pointing with his hand, ‘that is the line of the Withywindle. It comes down out of the Downs and flows south-west through the midst of the Forest to join the Brandywine below Haysend. We don’t want to go that way! The Withywindle valley is said to be the queerest part of the whole wood – the centre from which all the queerness comes, as it were.’
- The Fellowship of the Ring (Book 1), Chapter 6
The village of Haysend marks the southern end of Buckland where the Brandywine and the Withywindle meet. Its name stems from it lying at the end of the High Hay which protects Buckland from the dangers of the Old Forest.
