News: Tolkien Family
Posted by on 2 March 2022

Priscilla Tolkien has died at the age of 92. She passed away peacefully on 28 February 2022 after a short illness. The Tolkien Society sends its deepest condolences to the Tolkien family and all Society members who knew Priscilla.

Christopher Tolkien has resigned as a director of the Tolkien Estate.

76 Sandfield Road – one of Tolkien’s Oxford homes – has gone on sale for an asking price of £1.25m.

It is with great sadness that we can confirm that Tolkien’s son and literary executor Christopher Tolkien has died at the age of 95.

Rock Cottage – thought to be a possible inspiration for the Cottage of Lost Play – in the Staffordshire village of Great Haywood has gone on sale for an asking price of £375,000.

Christopher Tolkien has been awarded the Bodley Medal.

Posted by on 2 March 2022

Priscilla Tolkien has died at the age of 92. She passed away peacefully on 28 February 2022 after a short illness. The Tolkien Society sends its deepest condolences to the Tolkien family and all Society members who knew Priscilla.

It is with great sadness that we can confirm that Tolkien’s son and literary executor Christopher Tolkien has died at the age of 95.

Christopher Tolkien has resigned as a director of the Tolkien Estate.

Rock Cottage – thought to be a possible inspiration for the Cottage of Lost Play – in the Staffordshire village of Great Haywood has gone on sale for an asking price of £375,000.

76 Sandfield Road – one of Tolkien’s Oxford homes – has gone on sale for an asking price of £1.25m.

Christopher Tolkien has been awarded the Bodley Medal.