J. R. R. Tolkien lived there as a child in the 1890s, and the area influenced his description of the green and peaceful country of the Shire in his books.
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Craig Parker (born 12 November 1970) is an actor from New Zealand, best known for his roles as Haldir in The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) and The Two Towers (2003), Darken Rahl in Legend of the Seeker (2008–10) and Gaius Claudius Glaber in Spartacus.
For Grond, the fictional battering ram from J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium, see the List of Middle-earth Weapons and Armour.