<P> During his time at Pembroke College Tolkien wrote The Hobbit and the first two volumes of The Lord of the Rings , whilst living at 20 Northmoor Road in North Oxford ( where a blue plaque was placed in 2002 ) . He also published a philological essay in 1932 on the name `` Nodens '' , following Sir Mortimer Wheeler 's unearthing of a Roman Asclepeion at Lydney Park , Gloucestershire , in 1928 . </P>
<P> During his time at Pembroke College Tolkien wrote The Hobbit and the first two volumes of The Lord of the Rings , whilst living at 20 Northmoor Road in North Oxford ( where a blue plaque was placed in 2002 ) . He also published a philological essay in 1932 on the name `` Nodens '' , following Sir Mortimer Wheeler 's unearthing of a Roman Asclepeion at Lydney Park , Gloucestershire , in 1928 . </P>
where did tolkien write the lord of the rings
where did tolkien write the lord of the rings
20 Northmoor Road in North Oxford
20 Northmoor Road in North Oxford