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The Northfarthing was the cold northern farthing of the Shire.
Its southernmost point lay about eleven miles north of the Three
Farthing Stone[1] and along its northern border were the high
North Moors.[2] When Frodo and Sam entered Ithilien for the
first time the fresh and fragrant air of the region reminded
them of the uplands of the Northfarthing.[3]  Geographic
Features  Only a small corner of this farthing was included on
the map called "A Part of the Shire" so only a few features of
this section were shown: Bindbole Wood, an unnamed river that
may have been the Norbourn, and the Northway Road that led to
the town of Oatbarton.  A branch of the Took Family called the
North-tooks lived in a town called Long Cleeve.[4] Given the
reference to the north (when most Tooks lived in the
Westfarthing), Long Cleeve was probably loc