Godric's Hollow

Godric's Hollow is a village in the West Country of England. It is a small community, which centers on a village square with only a church, a post office, a pub, and a few retail shops. The residential streets are lined with quaint cottages.

Residents
Godric's Hollow is one of the places where magical families have come to live alongside Muggles. Over the centuries, it has been home to many witches and wizards of note, including Godric Gryffindor, who was born there. The original name of the town was presumably changed to honour Gryffindor sometime after his deeds became widely known.

Another famous resident of Godric's Hollow was Bowman Wright. He forged the first Golden Snitch there in the Middle Ages.

Others who called the village home were the Dumbledore family, the family of Lily and James Potter, and Bathilda Bagshot. Ignotus Peverell, pure-blood ancestor of Harry Potter, was born and subsequently buried at Godric's Hollow.

Events
On 31st October, 1981, James and Lily Potter were murdered by Lord Voldemort in their home at Godric's Hollow, at which time Voldemort lost his powers and physical form when he tried to kill the couple's infant son, Harry. James and Lily's bodies were laid to rest in the Godric's Hollow graveyard.

A statue was later erected in the village square in memory of the Potter family. From a distance, it appears as an obelisk carved with names, but transforms into a statue of the Potters when a wizard or witch gets closer to it.

Harry Potter and Hermione Granger visited Godric's Hollow in 1997 to search for information on Horcruxes. There they were attacked by Nagini, who had killed Bathilda Bagshot and hidden in her body, and very narrowly escaped from Voldemort.

During the same visit, Harry also visited his parents' former home, which, according to the sign that had been set in the ground outside of the house, had been preserved in "its ruined state as a monument to the Potters and as a reminder of the violence that tore apart their family". This sign had been graffitied over the years with names and messages of support for Harry Potter. The house, like the statue, had been made invisible to Muggles.

Appearances

 * Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)
 * Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
 * Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows