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It’s in the family, as you might say. Why, my grand-dad, and my uncle Andy after him, him that was the Gaffer’s eldest brother, he had a rope-walk over by Tighfield many a year. And I put as fast a hitch over the stump as anyone could have done, in the Shire or out of it.
- The Two Towers (Book 4), Chapter 1
The town of Tighfield lies at the north-western edge of the Westfarthing. It is home to the Roper and Gamgee families.
