{"id":1056,"date":"2017-08-15T10:23:53","date_gmt":"2017-08-15T08:23:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/terresdecrivains.org\/index.php\/2017\/08\/15\/j-r-r-tolkien-a-birmingham-et-leeds\/"},"modified":"2026-01-24T09:59:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T08:59:19","slug":"j-r-r-tolkien-a-birmingham-et-leeds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/terresdecrivains.org\/index.php\/2017\/08\/15\/j-r-r-tolkien-a-birmingham-et-leeds\/","title":{"rendered":"J. R. R. TOLKIEN \u00e0 Birmingham et Leeds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tolkien est n\u00e9 en Afrique du Sud en 1892. Lorsque son p\u00e8re d\u00e9c\u00e8de en 1896, sa m\u00e8re Mabel d\u00e9cide d&rsquo;habiter pr\u00e8s de Birmingham, o\u00f9 demeurent d\u00e9j\u00e0 ses parents. Tolkien vit jusqu&rsquo;\u00e0 son d\u00e9part pour <a href=\"https:\/\/terresdecrivains.org\/index.php\/2017\/04\/08\/jrr-tolkien-a-oxford\/\">Oxford<\/a> en 1911 dans cette banlieue de Birmingham qui, de campagne, se transforme peu \u00e0 peu en ville.<\/p>\n<p>En 1896, la famille s&rsquo;installe 5 Gracewell Cottages (aujourd&rsquo;hui la maison discr\u00e8te du 264 Wake Green Road).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2670\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2670\" style=\"width: 730px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" aligncenter size-full wp-image-2670\" title=\"264 Wake Green Road.\" src=\"https:\/\/terresdecrivains.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/jpg_Tolkien-Birmingham3.jpg\" alt=\"264 Wake Green Road.\" width=\"730\" height=\"555\" align=\"middle\" srcset=\"https:\/\/terresdecrivains.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/jpg_Tolkien-Birmingham3.jpg 730w, https:\/\/terresdecrivains.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/jpg_Tolkien-Birmingham3-300x228.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 94vw, 730px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2670\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">264 Wake Green Road.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On est alors dans le village de Sarehole, dont le calme et la convivialit\u00e9 se retrouveront dans la communaut\u00e9 des Hobbits du <em>Seigneur des anneaux<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Presqu&rsquo;en face de la maison de Wake Green Road se trouve le moulin de Sarehole, et, derri\u00e8re la maison, Moseley Bog, un bois aux arbres aux formes humaines. Ces deux lieux seront une grande source d&rsquo;inspiration pour Tolkien.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2671\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2671\" style=\"width: 815px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" aligncenter size-full wp-image-2671\" title=\"Le moulin de Sarehole.\" src=\"https:\/\/terresdecrivains.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/jpg_Tolkien-Birmingham1.jpg\" alt=\"Le moulin de Sarehole.\" width=\"815\" height=\"417\" align=\"middle\" srcset=\"https:\/\/terresdecrivains.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/jpg_Tolkien-Birmingham1.jpg 815w, https:\/\/terresdecrivains.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/jpg_Tolkien-Birmingham1-300x153.jpg 300w, https:\/\/terresdecrivains.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/jpg_Tolkien-Birmingham1-768x393.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 739px) 94vw, (max-width: 815px) 88vw, 815px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2671\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Le moulin de Sarehole.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" aligncenter size-full wp-image-2672\" src=\"https:\/\/terresdecrivains.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/jpg_Tolkien-Birmingham2.jpg\" alt=\"Tolkien-Birmingham2.jpg\" width=\"730\" height=\"555\" align=\"middle\" srcset=\"https:\/\/terresdecrivains.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/jpg_Tolkien-Birmingham2.jpg 730w, https:\/\/terresdecrivains.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/jpg_Tolkien-Birmingham2-300x228.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 94vw, 730px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>En 1900, Tolkien int\u00e8gre la King Edward\u2019s Grammar School dans New Street, et la famille se rapproche d&rsquo;une ligne de tramway en emm\u00e9nageant 214 Alcester Road.<\/p>\n<p>C&rsquo;est alors que Mabel se convertit au catholicisme et la famille d\u00e9m\u00e9nage plusieurs fois en qu\u00eate de la paroisse id\u00e9ale: Westfield Road, Oliver Road (compl\u00e8tement transform\u00e9e depuis) pr\u00e8s de l&rsquo;Oratoire de Hagley Road.<\/p>\n<p>Non loin de l\u00e0 s&rsquo;\u00e9l\u00e8vent deux tours, celle du r\u00e9servoir d&rsquo;Edgbaston et une autre qui n&rsquo;a pas de destination pr\u00e9cise, la \u00ab\u00a0folie\u00a0\u00bb de John Perrott. Ce sont sans doute les mod\u00e8les des deux tours du <em>Seigneur des anneaux<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>En 1904, Mabel d\u00e9c\u00e8de de complications li\u00e9es au diab\u00e8te. Tolkien et son fr\u00e8re Hilary sont accueillis pendant trois ans par leur tante Beatrice Suffield, 25 Stirling Road, puis les deux gar\u00e7ons vivent en 1908-1909 dans le pensionnat des Faulkners, 37 Duchess Road, o\u00f9 Tolkien fait la connaissance d&rsquo;une autre pensionnaire, Edith Bratt, sa future femme.<\/p>\n<p>La derni\u00e8re adresse de Tolkien \u00e0 Birmingham est \u00e0 Highfield Road.<\/p>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_2673\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2673\" style=\"width: 750px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" aligncenter size-full wp-image-2673\" title=\"4 Highfield Rd, o\u00f9 Tolkien vit en 1910-1911 avant de partir \u00e9tudier \u00e0 Oxford (photo https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ell-r-brown\/15262674278)\" src=\"https:\/\/terresdecrivains.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/jpg_Tolkien-4_highfield_rd_birmingham_flickr_700.jpg\" alt=\"4 Highfield Rd, o\u00f9 Tolkien vit en 1910-1911 avant de partir \u00e9tudier \u00e0 Oxford (photo https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ell-r-brown\/15262674278)\" width=\"750\" height=\"563\" align=\"middle\" srcset=\"https:\/\/terresdecrivains.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/jpg_Tolkien-4_highfield_rd_birmingham_flickr_700.jpg 750w, https:\/\/terresdecrivains.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/jpg_Tolkien-4_highfield_rd_birmingham_flickr_700-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 739px) 94vw, (max-width: 750px) 88vw, 750px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2673\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">4 Highfield Rd, o\u00f9 Tolkien vit en 1910-1911 avant de partir \u00e9tudier \u00e0 Oxford (photo https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ell-r-brown\/15262674278)<\/figcaption><\/figure><br>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2674\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2674\" style=\"width: 712px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" aligncenter size-full wp-image-2674\" title=\"L'h\u00f4tel Plough and Harrow, o\u00f9 Tolkien et sa femme passent une nuit en 1916 avant qu'il ne parte combattre en France.\" src=\"https:\/\/terresdecrivains.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/jpg_Tolkien-Birmingham4.jpg\" alt=\"L'h\u00f4tel Plough and Harrow, o\u00f9 Tolkien et sa femme passent une nuit en 1916 avant qu'il ne parte combattre en France.\" width=\"712\" height=\"527\" align=\"middle\" srcset=\"https:\/\/terresdecrivains.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/jpg_Tolkien-Birmingham4.jpg 712w, https:\/\/terresdecrivains.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/jpg_Tolkien-Birmingham4-300x222.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 712px) 94vw, 712px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2674\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">L&rsquo;h\u00f4tel Plough and Harrow, o\u00f9 Tolkien et sa femme passent une nuit en 1916 avant qu&rsquo;il ne parte combattre en France.<\/figcaption><\/figure><br>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2675\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2675\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" aligncenter size-full wp-image-2675\" title=\"Entre 1920 et 1925, Tolkien enseigne \u00e0 Leeds et son adresse est le 2 Darnley Road (photo : Wikipedia).\" src=\"https:\/\/terresdecrivains.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/jpg_800px-2_Darnley_Road__the_former_home_of_J.R.R._Tolkien_in_West_Park__Leeds.jpg\" alt=\"Entre 1920 et 1925, Tolkien enseigne \u00e0 Leeds et son adresse est le 2 Darnley Road (photo : Wikipedia).\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" align=\"middle\" srcset=\"https:\/\/terresdecrivains.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/jpg_800px-2_Darnley_Road__the_former_home_of_J.R.R._Tolkien_in_West_Park__Leeds.jpg 800w, https:\/\/terresdecrivains.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/jpg_800px-2_Darnley_Road__the_former_home_of_J.R.R._Tolkien_in_West_Park__Leeds-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/terresdecrivains.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/jpg_800px-2_Darnley_Road__the_former_home_of_J.R.R._Tolkien_in_West_Park__Leeds-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 739px) 94vw, (max-width: 800px) 88vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2675\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Entre 1920 et 1925, Tolkien enseigne \u00e0 Leeds et son adresse est le 2 Darnley Road (photo : Wikipedia).<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a href=\"https:\/\/terresdecrivains.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/BirminghamTolkienTrailFORWEB.pdf\">Un parcours sur les pas de Tolkien \u00e0 Birmingham (en anglais)<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/terresdecrivains.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/BirminghamTolkienTrailFORWEB.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button\" download>T\u00e9l\u00e9charger<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tolkien est n\u00e9 en Afrique du Sud en 1892. Lorsque son p\u00e8re d\u00e9c\u00e8de en 1896, sa m\u00e8re Mabel [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2670,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[52,26],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/terresdecrivains.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1056"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/terresdecrivains.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/terresdecrivains.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/terresdecrivains.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/terresdecrivains.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1056"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/terresdecrivains.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1056\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7344,"href":"https:\/\/terresdecrivains.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1056\/revisions\/7344"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/terresdecrivains.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/terresdecrivains.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/terresdecrivains.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/terresdecrivains.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}