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Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire

Contents of This Page

  Stratford-upon-Avon Railway Station
  American Fountain
  Bridge Street
  River Avon
  The Swan Theatre
  Anne Hathaway's Cottage
  Mary Arden's Farm
  Gower Memorial
  Bancroft Gardens
  The Collegiate Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity, Stratford-upon-Avon
  Hall's Croft
  King Edward VI Grammar School
  Nash's House
  The Birthplace of William Shakespeare
  The Sculpture titled "The Jester" by James Butler R.A.

CONTENTS 2009

1	Glasgow IASIL 2009@University of Glasgow

2	Glasgow (Glaschu) and Joyce

3	Glasgow (Glaschu): miscellanea

4	Edinburgh (Dun Eideann)

5	New Lanark, South Lanarkshire

6	Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park (Pairc Naiseanta Loch Laomainn is nan Troisichean)

7	Oban (An t-Oban)

8	Kilchurn Castle, Argyll and Bute

9	Inveraray Castle (Caisteal Inbhir Aora), Argyll and Bute

10	Glen Coe (Gleann Comhann), the Central Highlands

11	Loch Lochy (Loch Lochaidh) and Loch Oich (Loch Omhaich) of the Caledonian Canal

12	Loch Ness (Loch Nis) of the Caledonian Canal

13	Inverness (Inbhir Nis)

14	Dublin (Baile Atha Cliath) and Joyce

15	Dublin (Baile Atha Cliath): miscellanea

16	Moneygall (Muine Gall), County Offaly

17	Limerick (Luimneach)

18	The Burren (Boireann), County Clare

19	Doolin (Dulainn), County Clare

20	The Cliffs of Moher (Aillte an Mhothair), County Clare

21	Connemara (Conamara)

22	London and Joyce

23	London: miscellanea

24	Bognor Regis, West Sussex

25	Sidlesham, West Sussex

26	Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire

Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England 9 August, 2009

  Stratford-upon-Avon is a market town and civil parish in south Warwickshire, England.  It lies on the River Avon, 22 miles (35 km) south east of Birmingham and 8 miles (13 km) south west of the county town, Warwick.  It is the main town of the District of Stratford-on-Avon, which uses the term "on" to indicate that it covers a much larger area than the town itself.  In 2001, the town's population was 23,676.
  The town is a popular tourist destination owing to its status as birthplace of the playwright and poet William Shakespeare, receiving about three million visitors a year from all over the world.  The administrative body for the town is the Stratford-upon-Avon Town Council, which is based at the Civic Hall in Rother Street (not to be confused with the Stratford-on-Avon District Council, which is based at Elizabeth House, Church Street).  The Town Council is responsible for crime prevention, cemeteries, public conveniences, litter, river moorings, parks, and grants via the Town Trust, plus the selection of the town's mayor. Locally, the town is known simply as Stratford, and as such can be confused with the Stratford in the London Borough of Newham.
  Stratford has Anglo-Saxon origins, and grew up as a market town in medieval times.  The name is a fusion of the Old English straet, meaning "street", and ford, meaning that a Roman road forded the River Avon at the site of the town.
  Stratford is also close to the Cotswolds, with Chipping Campden 10 miles (16 km) to the south.  As a major sheep producing area (William Shakespeare's father, John Shakespeare, bought and sold sheep's wool illegally) the Cotswolds, up until the latter part of the 19th century, regarded Stratford as one of its main centres for the slaughter, marketing, and distribution of sheep and wool.  As a consequence Stratford also became a centre for tanning during the 15th-17th centuries.  Both the river and the Roman road served as trade routes for the town.  Had a mass German invasion occurred during World War II, the town would have become the temporary seat of Parliament, and hosted many state servants.  (Extracted from the site of "Wikipedia")



  There are some references to Stratford in Joyce's works, especially in the 9th episode "Scylla & Charybdis" of Ulysses, where Stephen Dedalus announces his biographical theory on Hamlet:

Ulysses

  09.0147.  --What is a ghost?  Stephen said with tingling energy.  One who has faded
  09.0148.  into impalpability through death, through absence, through change of
  09.0149.  manners.  Elizabethan London lay as far from Stratford as corrupt Paris
  09.0150.  lies from virgin Dublin.  Who is the ghost from limbo patrum, returning to
  09.0151.  the world that has forgotten him?  Who is King Hamlet?

  09.0171.  bidding him list.  To a son he speaks, the son of his soul, the prince, young
  09.0172.  Hamlet and to the son of his body, Hamnet Shakespeare, who has died in
  09.0173.  Stratford that his namesake may live for ever.

  09.0257.  Ann hath a way.  By cock, she was to blame.  She put the comether on him,
  09.0258.  sweet and twentysix.  The greyeyed goddess who bends over the boy Adonis,
  09.0259.  stooping to conquer, as prologue to the swelling act, is a boldfaced
  09.0260.  Stratford wench who tumbles in a cornfield a lover younger than herself.

  09.0647.  --And Harry of six wives' daughter.  And other lady friends from
  09.0648.  neighbour seats as Lawn Tennyson, gentleman poet, sings.  But all those
  09.0649.  twenty years what do you suppose poor Penelope in Stratford was doing
  09.0650.  behind the diamond panes?

  09.0691.      And therefore he left out her name
  09.0692.      From the first draft but he did not leave out
  09.0693.      The presents for his granddaughter, for his daughters,
  09.0694.      For his sister, for his old cronies in Stratford
  09.0695.      And in London.  And therefore when he was urged,

  09.0710.  --He was a rich country gentleman, Stephen said, with a coat of arms and
  09.0711.  landed estate at Stratford and a house in Ireland yard, a capitalist
  09.0712.  shareholder, a bill promoter, a tithefarmer.  Why did he not leave her his
  09.0713.  best bed if he wished her to snore away the rest of her nights in peace?

  09.1070.    John Eclecticon doubly smiled.
  09.1071.  --Well, in that case, he said, I don't see why you should expect payment for
  09.1072.  it since you don't believe it yourself.  Dowden believes there is some mystery
  09.1073.  in Hamlet but will say no more.  Herr Bleibtreu, the man Piper met in
  09.1074.  Berlin, who is working up that Rutland theory, believes that the secret is
  09.1075.  hidden in the Stratford monument.  He is going to visit the present duke,
  09.1076.  Piper says, and prove to him that his ancestor wrote the plays.  It will come
  09.1077.  as a surprise to his grace.  But he believes his theory.

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Stratford-upon-Avon Railway Station      Stratford-upon-Avon Railway is a railway station that serves the town of Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire, England.  It was once a through station on the Great Western Railway route from Birmingham to Cheltenham, but has been the terminus of the line since 1976.
  It is served by two TOCs - London Midland (who also manage the station) and Chiltern Railways. London Midland run the route to Birmingham and Stourbridge Junction whilst Chiltern operates trains to Leamington Spa and London Marylebone via Hatton.
  There are plans for a new station north of the town, adjacent to the A46 bypass.  It will be called Stratford Parkway railway station and will ease congestion, as people will no longer need to drive into central Stratford to catch the train.  (Cited from the site of "Wikipedia")

sua2009-001 (Sunday 9 August) Tourist Information Board of Stratford-upon-Avon near Stratford-upon-Avon Railway

sua2009-003 (Sunday 9 August) Stratford-upon-Avon Railway



American Fountain      American Fountain, 14 Rother Street, Stratford-upon-Avon, CV37 6LU.
  It was built celebrate and commemorate the golden jubilee of Queen Victoria, the American Fountain was gifted to Stratford-upon-Avon by George Childs, an influential journalist from Philadelphia.  Known for its dramatic Gothic appearance, the fountain also functions as a rather ornate clock tower and is engraved with a number of quotations from Shakespeare plays.

sua2009-006 (Sunday 9 August) American Fountain, 14 Rother Street, Stratford-upon-Avon, CV37 6LU



Bridge Street      Bridge Street, Stratford-upon-Avon

sua2009-009 (Sunday 9 August) Bridge Street, Stratford-upon-Avon



River Avon      The River Avon or Avon is a river in or adjoining the counties of Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire and Gloucestershire in the Midlands of England.  It is also known as the Upper Avon, Warwickshire Avon or Shakespeare's Avon.  The river has a total length of 96 miles (154 km).  Avon is an anglicisation of the Welsh word for 'river' (spelled afon in Welsh).
  The source of the Avon is near the village of Naseby in Northamptonshire.  For the first few miles of its length between Welford and the Dow Bridge on Watling Street, it forms the border between Northamptonshire and Leicestershire.  On this section, it has been dammed to create Stanford Reservoir.  It then flows in a generally west-southwesterly direction, not far north of the Cotswold Edge and through the Vale of Evesham, passing through the towns and villages of Welford, Rugby, Wolston, Leamington Spa, Warwick, Stratford-upon-Avon, Welford-on-Avon, Bidford-on-Avon, Evesham and Pershore, before it joins the River Severn at Tewkesbury.  The Avon's tributaries include the Rivers Leam, Stour, Sowe, Dene, Arrow, Swift, Alne, Isonbourn, Sherbourne and Swilgate as well as many minor streams and brooks.
From Alveston weir, which is 2 miles (3.2 km) upstream of Stratford-upon-Avon, downstream to Tewkesbury and the River Severn, the river has been rendered navigable by the construction of locks and weirs.  The Stratford-upon-Avon Canal links to the Avon through a lock in the park in front of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon.  Navigation on the River Avon is restricted to boats with a maximum length of 72 ft (21.94 m), beam of 13 ft 6 in (4.11 m), height of 10 ft (3.04 m) and draught of 4 ft (1.18 m).
  Traffic is now exclusively leisure oriented.  Overnight moorings are available at Stratford-upon-Avon, Luddington, Welford-on-Avon, Barton, Bidford-on-Avon, Harvington, Offenham, Evesham, Craycombe, Wyre, Pershore, Defford, Comberton, Birlingham, Eckington, Strensham and Tewkesbury.  There are boatyards at Stratford-upon-Avon, Welford-on-Avon, Barton, Bidford-on-Avon, Evesham, and Tewkesbury.  (Quoted from the site of "Wikipedia")

sua2009-011 (Sunday 9 August) Stratford-upon-Avon Canal, viewed from Bridgefoot (near Stratford Tourist Information Centre)

sua2009-013 (Sunday 9 August) Canal Basin of River Avon

sua2009-014 (Sunday 9 August) Canal Basin of River Avon

sua2009-015 (Sunday 9 August) River Avon near Foot Ferry



Swan Theatre      Swan Theatre, Waterside, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire CV37 6BB.
  The Swan Theatre is a theatre belonging to the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-upon-Avon, England.  It is built on to the side of the larger Royal Shakespeare Theatre, occupying the Victorian Gothic structure that formerly housed the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre that preceded the RST but was destroyed by fire.
  Trevor Nunn and Terry Hands were joint artistic directors of the RSC when the company opened The Swan, its third theatre in Stratford.  Designed by Michael Reardon, it has a deep thrust stage, modern lighting and sound technology, and is a galleried, intimate 430-seat auditorium.
  The space was to be dedicated to playing the works of William Shakespeare's contemporaries, the works of European writers and the occasional work of Shakespeare.  The theatre was launched on 8 May 1986 with a production of The Two Noble Kinsmen by William Shakespeare and John Fletcher (not published until 1634 and thought to be Shakespeare's last work for the stage). It was directed by Barry Kyle,
  The Swan has subsequently been used for many other types of drama including the works of Chekhov, Ibsen and Tennessee Williams.  The theatre is temporarily closed during reconstruction of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre.  (Cited from the site of "Wikipedia")

sua2009-023 (Sunday 9 August) The Swan Theatre, Waterside

sua2009-024 (Sunday 9 August) The Swan Theatre, Waterside

sua2009-025 (Sunday 9 August) The Swan Theatre, Waterside

sua2009-026 (Sunday 9 August) The Swan Theatre, Waterside



Anne Hathaway's Cottage      Anne Hathaway's Cottage, Cottage Lane, Shottery, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire. CV37 9HH England.
  Anne Hathaway's Cottage is the former childhood home of Anne Hathaway (1556 - 6 August 1623), the wife of William Shakespeare.  The house is situated in village of Shottery, Warwickshire, England, and about 1 mile (1.6 km) west of Stratford-upon-Avon.
  Although it is often called a cottage, it is, in fact, a spacious twelve-roomed farmhouse, with several bedrooms, now set in extensive gardens.  The earliest part of the house was built prior to the 15th century.  The cottage was known as Newlands Farm in Shakespeare's day and had more than 90 acres (360,000 sq m) of land attached to it.  As in many houses of the period, it has multiple chimneys to spread the heat evenly throughout the house during winter.  The largest chimney was used for cooking. It also has visible timber framing, a trademark of vernacular Tudor style architecture.
  After the death of Anne's father Richard Hathaway (a yeoman farmer) in September 1581, the cottage was owned by her brother Bartholomew, and was passed down the Hathaway family until 1846, when financial problems forced them to sell it.  However, it was still occupied by them as tenants when it was acquired in 1892 by the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, which removed later additions and alterations.  In 1969 the cottage was badly damaged in a fire, but was restored by the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust.  It is now open to public visitors as a museum managed by the Trust.  Quoted from the site of "Wikipedia")

sua2009-027 (Sunday 9 August) Entrance/Gift Shop of Anne Hathaway's Cottage

sua2009-028 (Sunday 9 August) "Exhibition" of Anne Hathaway's Cottage

sua2009-029 (Sunday 9 August) "Exhibition" of Anne Hathaway's Cottage

sua2009-030 (Sunday 9 August) Anne Hathaway's Cottage

sua2009-033 (Sunday 9 August) Anne Hathaway's Cottage

sua2009-034 (Sunday 9 August) Anne Hathaway's Cottage

sua2009-035 (Sunday 9 August) Anne Hathaway's Cottage

sua2009-036 (Sunday 9 August) Staffs of Anne Hathaway's Cottage

sua2009-037 (Sunday 9 August) Staffs of Anne Hathaway's Cottage

sua2009-038 (Sunday 9 August) Staff of Anne Hathaway's Cottage

sua2009-039 (Sunday 9 August) Traditional Orchard Area, Anne Hathaway's Cottage



Mary Arden's Farm      Mary Arden's Farm, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, CV37 9UN, England.
  Mary Shakespeare, nee Mary Arden, (c. 1537-1608) was the mother of William Shakespeare.  She was the daughter of Robert Arden and his first wife of unknown origin.  The Ardens were a prominent Warwickshire family.  She was the youngest of eight daughters, and she inherited her father's farm, now called Mary Arden's House, in Wilmcote, Warwickshire when he died in December 1556.  Her aunt Abigail Webb married Richard Shakespeare.  Richard was the father of Mary's husband John Shakespeare.  Mary most likely married John Shakespeare in 1557.  Mary gave birth to eight children: Joan (1558), Margaret (1562-1563), William (1564-1616), Gilbert (1566-1612), Joan (1569-1646), Anne (1571-1579), Richard (1574-1613), and Edmund (1580-1607).
  Mary Arden's House has been maintained in good condition because it had been a working farmhouse over the centuries.  It was bought by the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust in 1930 and refurnished in the Tudor style.  In 2000 it was discovered that the building preserved as Mary Arden's house belonged to a friend and neighbour Adam Palmer and the house was renamed Palmer's Farm.  The house that belonged to the Arden family which was near to Palmer's Farm had been acquired by the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust in 1968 for preservation as part of a farmyard without knowing its true provenance.  (Quoted from the site of "Wikipedia")

sua2009-041 (Sunday 9 August) Name board of Mary Arden's Farm, Stratford-upon-Avon

sua2009-042 (Sunday 9 August) Information Board of Mary Arden's Farm, Stratford-upon-Avon

sua2009-043 (Sunday 9 August) Shop of Mary Arden's Farm, Stratford-upon-Avon

sua2009-044 (Sunday 9 August) The Great Barn, Mary Arden's Farm, Stratford-upon-Avon

sua2009-089 (Sunday 9 August) The Great Barn, Mary Arden's Farm, Stratford-upon-Avon

sua2009-046 (Sunday 9 August) Cowshed, Mary Arden's Farm, Stratford-upon-Avon

sua2009-047 (Sunday 9 August) Mill, Mary Arden's Farm, Stratford-upon-Avon

sua2009-048 (Sunday 9 August) Cider-making machine, Mary Arden's Farm, Stratford-upon-Avon

sua2009-049 (Sunday 9 August) Farmyard, Mary Arden's Farm, Stratford-upon-Avon

sua2009-050 (Sunday 9 August) Farmyard, Mary Arden's Farm, Stratford-upon-Avon

sua2009-051 (Sunday 9 August) Dovecote, Mary Arden's Farm, Stratford-upon-Avon

sua2009-052 (Sunday 9 August) Dovecote, Mary Arden's Farm, Stratford-upon-Avon

sua2009-053 (Sunday 9 August) Farmhouse, Mary Arden's Farm, Stratford-upon-Avon

sua2009-054 (Sunday 9 August) Farmhouse, Mary Arden's Farm, Stratford-upon-Avon

sua2009-055 (Sunday 9 August) Dining room of the farmhouse, Mary Arden's Farm, Stratford-upon-Avon

sua2009-056 (Sunday 9 August) Kitchen of the farmhouse, Mary Arden's Farm, Stratford-upon-Avon

sua2009-057 (Sunday 9 August) Farmhouse, Mary Arden's Farm, Stratford-upon-Avon

sua2009-058 (Sunday 9 August) Farmyard, Mary Arden's Farm, Stratford-upon-Avon

sua2009-060 (Sunday 9 August) Ducks of the farmyard, Mary Arden's Farm, Stratford-upon-Avon

sua2009-061 (Sunday 9 August) Farmyard, Mary Arden's Farm, Stratford-upon-Avon

sua2009-062 (Sunday 9 August) Farmyard, Mary Arden's Farm, Stratford-upon-Avon

sua2009-063 (Sunday 9 August) Farmyard, Mary Arden's Farm, Stratford-upon-Avon

sua2009-065 (Sunday 9 August) Mary Arden's House, Mary Arden's Farm, Stratford-upon-Avon

sua2009-066 (Sunday 9 August) Timber-framing, Mary Arden's House, Mary Arden's Farm, Stratford-upon-Avon

sua2009-067 (Sunday 9 August) A (figure of) brick-layer, Mary Arden's House, Mary Arden's Farm, Stratford-upon-Avon

sua2009-068 (Sunday 9 August) Wheelwright & Cooper, Mary Arden's Farm, Stratford-upon-Avon

sua2009-069 (Sunday 9 August) Inside the Wheelwright & Cooper, Mary Arden's Farm, Stratford-upon-Avon

sua2009-070 (Sunday 9 August) Inside the Wheelwright & Cooper, Mary Arden's Farm, Stratford-upon-Avon

sua2009-071 (Sunday 9 August) Edwardian farmyard, Mary Arden's Farm, Stratford-upon-Avon

sua2009-072 (Sunday 9 August) Pigsty, Mary Arden's Farm, Stratford-upon-Avon

sua2009-073 (Sunday 9 August) Pigsty, Mary Arden's Farm, Stratford-upon-Avon

sua2009-075 (Sunday 9 August) Mary Arden's House, Mary Arden's Farm, Stratford-upon-Avon

sua2009-077 (Sunday 9 August) Inside Mary Arden's House, Mary Arden's Farm, Stratford-upon-Avon

sua2009-078 (Sunday 9 August) Inside Mary Arden's House, Mary Arden's Farm, Stratford-upon-Avon

sua2009-079 (Sunday 9 August) Dining room of Mary Arden's House, Mary Arden's Farm, Stratford-upon-Avon

sua2009-080 (Sunday 9 August) Kitchen of Mary Arden's House, Mary Arden's Farm, Stratford-upon-Avon

sua2009-081 (Sunday 9 August) Living room of Mary Arden's House, Mary Arden's Farm, Stratford-upon-Avon

sua2009-082 (Sunday 9 August) Living room of Mary Arden's House, Mary Arden's Farm, Stratford-upon-Avon

sua2009-083 (Sunday 9 August) Pantry of Mary Arden's House, Mary Arden's Farm, Stratford-upon-Avon

sua2009-084 (Sunday 9 August) Pantry of Mary Arden's House, Mary Arden's Farm, Stratford-upon-Avon

sua2009-085 (Sunday 9 August) Well of Mary Arden's House, Mary Arden's Farm, Stratford-upon-Avon

sua2009-087 (Sunday 9 August) Pond of Mary Arden's Farm, Stratford-upon-Avon

sua2009-088 (Sunday 9 August) Adventure Playground, Mary Arden's Farm, Stratford-upon-Avon



Gower Memorial      Gower Memorial, Little Church Street, Bridgefoot, Stratford-upon-Avon, CV37 6QW.
  It is located within the Bancroft Gardens (in the opposite site of the Stratford Tourist Information Centre) and was presented to the town in the late 1980s by Lord Ronald Sutherland Gower.  This monument depicts William Shakespeare in a seated position, together with some of his most famous characters, including both Hamlet and Lady Macbeth.

sua2009-092 (Sunday 9 August) Information Board of Gower Memorial, Little Church Street, Bridgefoot, Stratford-upon-Avon, CV37 6QW.

sua2009-093 (Sunday 9 August) Gower Memorial, Little Church Street, Bridgefoot, Stratford-upon-Avon, CV37 6QW.

sua2009-094 (Sunday 9 August) Gower Memorial, Little Church Street, Bridgefoot, Stratford-upon-Avon, CV37 6QW.

sua2009-096 (Sunday 9 August) William Shakespeare of Gower Memorial, Little Church Street, Bridgefoot, Stratford-upon-Avon, CV37 6QW.

sua2009-097 (Sunday 9 August) William Shakespeare of Gower Memorial, Little Church Street, Bridgefoot, Stratford-upon-Avon, CV37 6QW.

sua2009-098 (Sunday 9 August) Falstaff of Gower Memorial, Little Church Street, Bridgefoot, Stratford-upon-Avon, CV37 6QW.

sua2009-099 (Sunday 9 August) Prince Hal of Gower Memorial, Little Church Street, Bridgefoot, Stratford-upon-Avon, CV37 6QW.

sua2009-100 (Sunday 9 August) Lady MacBeth of Gower Memorial, Little Church Street, Bridgefoot, Stratford-upon-Avon, CV37 6QW.

sua2009-102 (Sunday 9 August) Prince Hamlet of Gower Memorial, Little Church Street, Bridgefoot, Stratford-upon-Avon, CV37 6QW.



Bancroft Gardens      Bancroft Gardens by the west bank of the River Avon

sua2009-103 (Sunday 9 August) Sunday Market, Bancroft Gardens

sua2009-106 (Sunday 9 August) Signpost of Gloucestershire Youth Players performing Hamlet, Bancroft Gardens

sua2009-107 (Sunday 9 August) Gloucestershire Youth Players performing Hamlet, Bancroft Gardens

sua2009-108 (Sunday 9 August) Gloucestershire Youth Players performing Hamlet, Bancroft Gardens

sua2009-109 (Sunday 9 August) Gloucestershire Youth Players performing Hamlet, Bancroft Gardens



Church of the Holy Trinity, Stratford-upon-Avon      The Collegiate Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity, Stratford-upon-Avon is a Grade I listed parish church of the Church of England in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England.  It is often known simply as Shakespeare's Church, due to its fame as the place of baptism and burial of William Shakespeare. More than 200,000 tourists visit the church each year.  The address is: Holy Trinity Church Parish office, Old Town, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, CV37 6BG England.
  The present building dates from 1210 and is built on the site of a Saxon monastery.  It is Stratford's oldest building, in a striking position on the banks of the River Avon, and has long been England's most visited parish church.
  Holy Trinity contains many interesting features, including: 1) A 14th-century sanctuary knocker in the church's porch (built c. 1500), 2) Twenty-six, 15th century misericord seats in the chancel, with religious, secular and mythical carvings and 3) Several large stained glass windows featuring major English and Biblical saints at the church's east and west ends.

  The carved scenes of the life of Jesus around Balsall's tomb were mutilated during the Reformation, as were most images of Christ.  Notable 'survivors' include a remarkable face of Christ or possibly God the Father within a sedilia canopy, and some beautiful medieval stained glass depicting the Resurrection and Ascension of Christ and the Day of Pentecost.  The pre-reformation stone altar slab or mensa was found hidden beneath the floor in Victorian times and has now been re-instated as the High Altar.

  William Shakespeare, poet and playwright, was baptised in Holy Trinity on 26 April 1564 and was buried there on 25 April 1616.  The church still possesses the original Elizabethan register giving details of his baptism and burial, though it is kept by the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust for safekeeping.  He is buried in the beautiful 15th-century chancel built by Thomas Balsall, Dean of the Collegiate Church, who was buried within it in 1491.  Shakespeare's funerary monument is fixed on a wall alongside his burial place.
  Shakespeare would have come to Holy Trinity every week when he was in town, i.e. all through his childhood and on his return to live at New Place.  His wife Anne Hathaway is buried next to him along with his eldest daughter Susanna.  The church witnessed a sad episode shortly before Shakespeare's death.  The day after Shakespeare signed his Last Will and Testament on 25 March 1616 in a 'shaky hand,' William's son-in-law, Thomas Quiney was found guilty in the church court of fathering an illegitimate son by a Margaret Wheler who had recently died in childbirth.  Quiney was ordered to do public penance within the church.  The distress and shame for the Shakespeare family must have been immense. Within a month Shakespeare was dead and his funeral and burial being held at Holy Trinity on 25 April 1616.
  It is said that Shakespeare's body is buried 20 feet (approx. 7 metres) deep to prevent its theft.  Above the grave, a badly eroded stone slab displays his epitaph:

  GOOD FREND FOR IESUS SAKE FORBEARE,
  TO DIGG THE DVST ENCLOASED HEARE.
  BLESTE BE YE MAN YT SPARES THES STONES,
  AND CVRST BE HE YT MOVES MY BONES.

  It has been claimed by at least one textbook author that the warning has served to prevent both the removal of Shakespeare's body to Westminster Abbey and the exhumation of his body for examination.  (Quoted from the site of "Wikipedia")

sua2009-110 (Sunday 9 August) Name board of The Collegiate Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity, Stratford-upon-Avon

sua2009-111 (Sunday 9 August) The Collegiate Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity, Stratford-upon-Avon

sua2009-113 (Sunday 9 August) The Collegiate Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity, Stratford-upon-Avon

sua2009-114 (Sunday 9 August) The Collegiate Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity, Stratford-upon-Avon

sua2009-115 (Sunday 9 August) Graveyard of the Collegiate Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity, Stratford-upon-Avon

sua2009-119 (Sunday 9 August) Crossing seen from the Nave, the Collegiate Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity, Stratford-upon-Avon

sua2009-122 (Sunday 9 August) South Transept, the Collegiate Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity, Stratford-upon-Avon

sua2009-124 (Sunday 9 August) Chancel, the Collegiate Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity, Stratford-upon-Avon

sua2009-127 (Sunday 9 August) High Altar, the Collegiate Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity, Stratford-upon-Avon

sua2009-128 (Sunday 9 August) Stained glasses of the High Altar, the Collegiate Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity, Stratford-upon-Avon

sua2009-129 (Sunday 9 August) Stained glasses of the High Altar, the Collegiate Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity, Stratford-upon-Avon

sua2009-130 (Sunday 9 August) Stained glasses of the High Altar, the Collegiate Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity, Stratford-upon-Avon

sua2009-132 (Sunday 9 August) The south side of the High Altar, the Collegiate Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity, Stratford-upon-Avon

sua2009-133 (Sunday 9 August) The north wall of the Chancel, the Collegiate Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity, Stratford-upon-Avon

sua2009-134 (Sunday 9 August) William Shakespeare's bust (erected in 1623 by his widow and friends) on the north wall of the Chancel, the Collegiate Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity, Stratford-upon-Avon

sua2009-136 (Sunday 9 August) High Altar, the Collegiate Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity, Stratford-upon-Avon

sua2009-137 (Sunday 9 August) Graves of William Shakespeare (1564-1616) (left) and Thomas Nash (1595-1647) (right) of the Chancel, the Collegiate Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity, Stratford-upon-Avon

sua2009-140 (Sunday 9 August) Grave of William Shakespeare (1564-1616), the Chancel, the Collegiate Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity, Stratford-upon-Avon

sua2009-141 (Sunday 9 August) Grave of William Shakespeare (1564-1616), the Chancel, the Collegiate Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity, Stratford-upon-Avon

sua2009-144 (Sunday 9 August) Grave of William Shakespeare (1564-1616), the Chancel, the Collegiate Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity, Stratford-upon-Avon

sua2009-147 (Sunday 9 August) Grave of Anne (1556-1623), the wife of William Shakespeare, the Chancel, the Collegiate Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity, Stratford-upon-Avon

sua2009-149 (Sunday 9 August) Graves of William Shakespeare (1564-1616) (left), Thomas Nash (1595-1647) (middle) and John Hall (1575-1635) (right), the Chancel, the Collegiate Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity, Stratford-upon-Avon

sua2009-150 (Sunday 9 August) Graves of Thomas Nash (1595-1647) (left), John Hall (1575-1635) (middle) and Susannah (elder daughter of John Hall, 1583-1649) (right), the Chancel, the Collegiate Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity, Stratford-upon-Avon



Hall's Croft      Hall's Croft, Old Town, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England, was owned by William Shakespeare's daughter, Susannah, and her husband Dr John Hall whom she married in 1607.  The building now contains a collection of 16th and 17th century paintings and furniture.  There is also an exhibition about Doctor John Hall and the obscure medical practices of the period.  The property includes a dramatic walled garden which contains a variety of plant life that John Hall may have used in his treatments. John and Susanna Hall later moved to New Place, which William Shakespeare left to his daughter after his death.  (Cited from the site of "Wikipedia)

sua2009-152 (Sunday 9 August) Information Board of Hall's Croft, Old Town, Stratford-upon-Avon

sua2009-153 (Sunday 9 August) Signpost of Hall's Croft, Old Town, Stratford-upon-Avon

sua2009-154 (Sunday 9 August) Hall's Croft, Old Town, Stratford-upon-Avon

sua2009-155 (Sunday 9 August) Hall's Croft, Old Town, Stratford-upon-Avon



King Edward VI Grammar School      King Edward VI School (commonly shortened to KES) is a single sex (Boys) grammar school in Church Street/Chapel lane, Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire, England.  The poet and playwright William Shakespeare may have attended KES (no direct evidence of this survives), leading to the label of "Shakespeare's School."
  There has been an educational facility on the site since at least the early thirteenth century.  The school was given money and a regular income from the Stratford-upon-Avon Town Trust, which gained a charter, refounding the school, from King Edward VI nine days before he died in 1553.  While there is no evidence to support the claim, the playwright and poet William Shakespeare is believed to have attended the school between the ages of seven to fourteen.  This is believed likely, as his father, John Shakespeare, a glover and wool dealer of good standing, held the office of Bailiff of the Borough in 1568 and William would have, therefore, been entitled to a free place at the school.  Each year, the school's students lead a procession through the town to Holy Trinity Church, where they lay flowers at Shakespeare's grave.  In 2003, there were many celebrations for the 450th anniversary of the school's charter.  (Quoted from the site of "Wikipedia")

sua2009-158 (Sunday 9 August) King Edward VI Grammar School, Church Street/Chapel lane

sua2009-160 (Sunday 9 August) King Edward VI Grammar School, Church Street/Chapel lane

sua2009-161 (Sunday 9 August) King Edward VI Grammar School, Church Street/Chapel lane



Nash's House      Nash's House, Chapel Street, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England, is the house next door to the ruins and gardens of William Shakespeares final residence, New Place.  It has been converted into a museum.  The museum traces the history of Stratford-upon-Avon from the earliest settlers in the Avon Valley to Shakespeare's time.  The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust acquired New Place and Nash's House in 1891.  (Cited from the site of "Wikipedia")

sua2009-163 (Sunday 9 August) Information Board of Nash's House, Chapel Street

sua2009-164 (Sunday 9 August) Nash's House, Chapel Street

sua2009-165 (Sunday 9 August) Nash's House, Chapel Street

sua2009-167 (Sunday 9 August) Nash's House, Chapel Street

sua2009-168 (Sunday 9 August) Nash's House, Chapel Street



The Birthplace of William Shakespeare      The Birthplace of William Shakespeare, Henley Street, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England.
  This is the house where it is thought that Shakespeare was born and spent his formative years.  The house originally belonged to William Shakespeare's father John, who became a successful Stratford businessman.  John & Mary Shakespeare moved from nearby Snitterfield to Stratford in 1529, shortly after getting married.  It is known from Stratford records that the Shakespeare family were residing in Henley street by 1552 and that William Shakespeare was born in 1564.  It is assumed from this collection of dates that this building in Henley Street was William Shakespeare's Birthplace.  The Birthplace remained in the hands of Shakespeare's descendants until the 19th century, after which it had a somewhat chequered past.  The Shakespeare Birthday Committee obtained the Henley Street house in 1847, with the financial and moral support of the public. An extensive project of restoration then took place to restore the house to it's former glory.  (Quoted from the site of "www.stratford.co.uk: Stratford-upon-Avon Internet Portal)

sua2009-171 (Sunday 9 August) Nameplate of the Birthplace of William Shakespeare, Henley Street

sua2009-172 (Sunday 9 August) Entrance to the Birthplace of William Shakespeare, Henley Street

sua2009-173 (Sunday 9 August) Entrance to the Birthplace of William Shakespeare, Henley Street

sua2009-175 (Sunday 9 August) The Birthplace of William Shakespeare, Henley Street

sua2009-178 (Sunday 9 August) The Birthplace of William Shakespeare, Henley Street



The Jester      The Sculpture titled "The Jester" by James Butler R.A. Unveiled by the Lord Lieutenant of Warwickshire The Rt. Hon. The Viscount Daventry on 22nd July 1994: "A Gift from Anthony P. Bird O.B.E. to Stratford-upon-Avon as a token of his esteem for the town in which he was born, lives and works and which has given him so much friendship, good fortune and pleasture."  The following four passages are the quotations inscribed on the basestone of the sculpture:

  "O Noble Fool!  A worthy fool" (As You Like It, II, vii)
  "The fool doth think he is wise.  But the wise man knows himself to be a fool. (As You Like It, V, i)
  "Alas!  Poor Yorick.  I know him.  Horatio: A fellow of infinite jest. (Hamlet, V, i)
  "Foolery, sir.  Does walk about the orb like the sun: It shines everywhere. (Twelfth Night, III, i)

sua2009-183 (Sunday 9 August) The Sculpture titled "The Jester" by James Butler R.A. in the west end of Henley Street

sua2009-184 (Sunday 9 August) The Sculpture titled "The Jester" by James Butler R.A. in the west end of Henley Street

sua2009-185 (Sunday 9 August) The Sculpture titled "The Jester" by James Butler R.A. in the west end of Henley Street

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