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'''Little Hangleton''' is a small village in northern [[England]] in which the most prominent family was the [[Riddle family|Riddles]]. The village is near the larger community of [[Great Hangleton]] and is about 200 miles away from [[Little Whinging]]. The [[pure-blood]] wizarding family, the [[House of Gaunt|Gaunts]], lived just outside Little Hangleton in a [[Gaunt shack|shack]].
  
'''Little Hangleton''' is a small village in northern [[England]] in which the most prominent family was the [[Riddle family|Riddles]]. The village is near the larger community of [[Great Hangleton]] and is about 200 miles away from [[Little Whinging]]. The [[pure-blood]] wizarding family, the [[House of Gaunt|Gaunts]], lived just outside Little Hangleton in a [[Gaunt shack|shack]].
   
 
==Notable Places==
  
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===The [[Riddle House]]===
  
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{{Quote|It stood on a hill overlooking the village, some of its windows boarded, tiles missing from its roof, and ivy spreading unchecked over its face. Once a fine-looking manor, and easily the largest and grandest building for miles around, the Riddle House was now damp, derelict, and unoccupied.|Description of the house|Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire}}[[File:RiddleHousePottermore.png|thumb|left|235x235px|The Riddle house]]
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The [[Riddle House]] was the home of the snobbishly unpopular Riddle family in the early twentieth century, and the largest house in town. [[Tom Riddle|Lord Voldemort]] killed his [[Tom Riddle Sr.|father]], paternal [[Thomas Riddle|grandfather]], and [[Mary Riddle|grandmother]] in the house in [[1943]], and framed his maternal uncle [[Morfin Gaunt]] for the crime. After the murder of the Riddles, the house changed hands many times. By 1994 it was said in the village that the wealthy man who owned it neither lived there nor put it to any use owning it for ambigious 'tax reasons'. The only permanent resident during that time period was [[Frank Bryce]], the Riddles' gardener.
  
The [[Riddle House]] was the home of the snobbishly unpopular Riddle family in the early twentieth century, and the largest house in town. [[Tom Riddle|Lord Voldemort]] killed his [[Tom Riddle Sr.|father]], paternal [[Thomas Riddle|grandfather]], and [[Mary Riddle|grandmother]] in the house in [[1943]], and framed his maternal uncle [[Morfin Gaunt]] for the crime. After the murder of the Riddles, the house changed hands many times. By 1994 it was said in the village that the wealthy man who owned it neither lived there nor put it to any use owning it for ambigious 'tax reasons'. The only permanent resident during that time period was [[Frank Bryce]], the Riddles' gardener.
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{{Quote|"It was a few seconds before Harry’s eyes discerned the building half-hidden amongst the tangle of trunks. It seemed to him a very strange location to choose for a house, or else an odd decision to leave the trees growing nearby, blocking all light and the view of the valley below. He wondered whether it was inhabited; its walls were mossy and so many tiles had fallen off the roof that the rafters were visible in places. Nettles grew all around it, their tips reaching the windows, which were tiny and thick with grime.|[[Harry Potter]]'s impression of the Gaunt shack |Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince}}[[File:Gaunt-house.jpg|thumb|200x200px|The Gaunt shack]]
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On the outskirts of Little Hangleton lived the [[House of Gaunt|Gaunts]], the last direct descendants of [[Salazar Slytherin]]. Years of inbreeding made the family violent and unstable, and left them in poverty. There were frequently many snakes about the property, as the Gaunts were all [[Parselmouth]]s, like their ancestor.
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On the outskirts of Little Hangleton lived the [[House of Gaunt|Gaunts]], the last direct descendants of [[Salazar Slytherin]]. Years of inbreeding made the family violent and unstable, and left them in poverty. There were frequently many snakes about the property, as the Gaunts were all [[Parselmouth|Parselmouths]], like their ancestor.
   
 
The townspeople gossiped about the Gaunts and thought they were mad, while the Gaunts in turn considered the [[Muggle]]s who lived nearby beneath them. [[Marvolo Gaunt]] died alone in the shack, after he and his son [[Morfin Gaunt|Morfin]] were briefly imprisoned in [[Azkaban]], and his daughter [[Merope Gaunt|Merope]] married [[Tom Riddle Sr.]] and left for [[London]]. The Gaunt shack was also the hiding place of [[Marvolo Gaunt's Ring]], which Voldemort took from his uncle and turned into a [[Horcrux]] after he murdered his paternal relatives.
  
The townspeople gossiped about the Gaunts and thought they were mad, while the Gaunts in turn considered the [[Muggle]]s who lived nearby beneath them. [[Marvolo Gaunt]] died alone in the shack, after he and his son [[Morfin Gaunt|Morfin]] were briefly imprisoned in [[Azkaban]], and his daughter [[Merope Gaunt|Merope]] married [[Tom Riddle Sr.]] and left for [[London]]. The Gaunt shack was also the hiding place of [[Marvolo Gaunt's Ring]], which Voldemort took from his uncle and turned into a [[Horcrux]] after he murdered his paternal relatives.
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==Behind the scenes==
  
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*[[Harry Potter]] only ever physically visited Little Hangleton during the [[Return of Tom Riddle]]; however, he went there in memories presented to him by [[Albus Dumbledore]] quite a few times. Also, despite to being in Little Hangleton again, through memories, Harry doesn't recognize the graveyard.
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*[[Harry Potter]] only ever physically visited Little Hangleton during the [[Return of Tom Riddle]]; however, he went there in memories presented to him by [[Albus Dumbledore]] quite a few times. Also, despite being in Little Hangleton again, through memories, Harry doesn't recognize the graveyard.
 
*In the [[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film)|film adaptation]] of [[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]], Little Hangleton always seems to have a dark, shadowy landscape with cloudy weather. Though there is no mention in the book, it is possible that it was made to add in with the murderous history that occured in the village.
  
*In the [[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film)|film adaptation]] of [[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]], Little Hangleton always seems to have a dark, shadowy landscape with cloudy weather. Though there is no mention in the book, it is possible that it was made to add in with the murderous history that occured in the village.
 
*Little Whinging is in the far northwestern corner of Surrey (since Harry had travelled there by way of Paddington Station). A circle drawn of 200 miles would point out to the ocean, but the line crosses some parts of Wales, York, Cornwall and Middleborough, indicating that Little Hangleton is located somewhere in the midsection of England, though it is truly unknown to where the village is located.
  
*Little Whinging is in the far northwestern corner of Surrey (since Harry had travelled there by way of Paddington Station). A circle drawn of 200 miles would point out to the ocean, but the line crosses some parts of Wales, York, Cornwall and Middleborough, indicating that Little Hangleton is located somewhere in the midsection of England, though it is truly unknown to where the village is located.
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Revision as of 11:23, 13 April 2016

"Harry could see a village, undoubtably Little Hangleton, nestled between two steep hills, its church and graveyard clearly visible. Across the valley on the opposite hillside, was a handsome manor house surrounded by a wide expanse of velvety green lawn."
— Description [src]

Little Hangleton is a small village in northern England in which the most prominent family was the Riddles. The village is near the larger community of Great Hangleton and is about 200 miles away from Little Whinging. The pure-blood wizarding family, the Gaunts, lived just outside Little Hangleton in a shack.

Notable Places

The Riddle House

"It stood on a hill overlooking the village, some of its windows boarded, tiles missing from its roof, and ivy spreading unchecked over its face. Once a fine-looking manor, and easily the largest and grandest building for miles around, the Riddle House was now damp, derelict, and unoccupied."
— Description of the house[src]
File:RiddleHousePottermore.png

The Riddle house

The Riddle House was the home of the snobbishly unpopular Riddle family in the early twentieth century, and the largest house in town. Lord Voldemort killed his father, paternal grandfather, and grandmother in the house in 1943, and framed his maternal uncle Morfin Gaunt for the crime. After the murder of the Riddles, the house changed hands many times. By 1994 it was said in the village that the wealthy man who owned it neither lived there nor put it to any use owning it for ambigious 'tax reasons'. The only permanent resident during that time period was Frank Bryce, the Riddles' gardener.

In the summer of 1994, after Peter Pettigrew escaped from Hogwarts and found Voldemort, the two wizards returned to the Riddle house to plan for Voldemort's return to power. While in the house, they planned to have the Triwizard Cup turned into a Portkey to the local churchyard, and set into motion a plan which would end with Harry Potter captured. When Frank Bryce, the gardener, discovered Pettigrew and Voldemort in the home, Voldemort murdered him.

The Gaunt shack

""It was a few seconds before Harry’s eyes discerned the building half-hidden amongst the tangle of trunks. It seemed to him a very strange location to choose for a house, or else an odd decision to leave the trees growing nearby, blocking all light and the view of the valley below. He wondered whether it was inhabited; its walls were mossy and so many tiles had fallen off the roof that the rafters were visible in places. Nettles grew all around it, their tips reaching the windows, which were tiny and thick with grime."
— Harry Potter's impression of the Gaunt shack [src]
Gaunt-house

The Gaunt shack

On the outskirts of Little Hangleton lived the Gaunts, the last direct descendants of Salazar Slytherin. Years of inbreeding made the family violent and unstable, and left them in poverty. There were frequently many snakes about the property, as the Gaunts were all Parselmouths, like their ancestor.

The townspeople gossiped about the Gaunts and thought they were mad, while the Gaunts in turn considered the Muggles who lived nearby beneath them. Marvolo Gaunt died alone in the shack, after he and his son Morfin were briefly imprisoned in Azkaban, and his daughter Merope married Tom Riddle Sr. and left for London. The Gaunt shack was also the hiding place of Marvolo Gaunt's Ring, which Voldemort took from his uncle and turned into a Horcrux after he murdered his paternal relatives.

The graveyard

Main article: Little Hangleton graveyard

The local cemetery of Little Hangleton was the burial place for various members of the Riddle family. It was also the site of Lord Voldemort's rebirth. The Triwizard Cup, turned into a Portkey by disguised Death Eater Barty Crouch Jr, transported Harry Potter and Cedric Diggory there in June of 1995. Peter Pettigrew killed Cedric on Voldemort's orders, and then Harry's blood was used as part of a Dark ritual to reconstitute a body for Voldemort. The Dark Lord then called his servants to him with Pettigrew's Dark Mark, thus reviving the Death Eaters, and engaged in a duel with Harry. Because of Priori Incantatem, Harry managed to escape Voldemort and return to Hogwarts with Cedric's body.

The ritual which Voldemort and Pettigrew performed in the Little Hangleton graveyard would also play a role in Voldemort's ultimate fall from power. By taking in some of Harry's blood -- blood which carried the magical protection from his mother, who sacrificed herself for him when he was an infant -- Voldemort anchored Harry's life to his own. This would allow Harry to survive the Killing Curse Voldemort struck him with during the Battle of Hogwarts in 1998, destroying the Horcrux within Harry and setting the stage for their final duel.

The Hanged Man

The Hanged Man is a local pub, in which many townspeople gossiped about the Riddle murders. Since the Riddles were slain with the Killing Curse, the Muggle authorities could not determine the cause of death, and many people suspected that Frank Bryce had killed them.

Frank Bryce's cottage

This cottage, bordering the Little Hangleton graveyard, was the permanent residence of Frank Bryce. It was here in when he saw lights from the Riddle House in 1994, minutes before his death.

Known residents

Etymology

Hangleton derives from "hangle", an iron pothook[1] and "-ton", a suffix meaning "town" and which is thus often used in the names of municipalities.

Behind the scenes

  • Harry Potter only ever physically visited Little Hangleton during the Return of Tom Riddle; however, he went there in memories presented to him by Albus Dumbledore quite a few times. Also, despite being in Little Hangleton again, through memories, Harry doesn't recognize the graveyard.
  • In the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Little Hangleton always seems to have a dark, shadowy landscape with cloudy weather. Though there is no mention in the book, it is possible that it was made to add in with the murderous history that occured in the village.
  • Little Whinging is in the far northwestern corner of Surrey (since Harry had travelled there by way of Paddington Station). A circle drawn of 200 miles would point out to the ocean, but the line crosses some parts of Wales, York, Cornwall and Middleborough, indicating that Little Hangleton is located somewhere in the midsection of England, though it is truly unknown to where the village is located.

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  1. ↑ See this online definition.
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