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Tudor World

salamanderadmin — Tue, 08 Aug 2023 10:50:09 +0000

Tudor World living history museum is situated right in the centre of the beautiful Town of Stratford upon Avon, just metres from the world famous RSC, and set within an historic 16th century grade 2* building.

Using historical settings, discover the secret lives of the Tudors and what life was really like during the time of William Shakespeare; Francis Drake; Elizabeth I, Henry VIII and everyday people.

Mary Arden’s Farm

salamanderadmin — Tue, 08 Aug 2023 10:38:31 +0000

Mary Arden’s Farm, also known as Mary Arden’s House, is the farmhouse of Mary Shakespeare (née Arden), the mother of Elizabethan playwright William Shakespeare. Because of confusion about the actual house inhabited by Mary in the mid-sixteenth century, the term may refer to either of two houses. Both are grade I listed and located in the village of Wilmcote, about three miles from Stratford-upon-Avon.

Hall’s Croft

salamanderadmin — Mon, 07 Aug 2023 19:12:12 +0000

Hall’s Croft is a building in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England, which was owned by William Shakespeare‘s daughter, Susanna Hall, and her husband Dr John Hall whom she married in 1607.

The building is listed grade I, and now contains a collection of 16th- and 17th-century paintings and furniture. There is also an exhibition about Doctor John Hall and the 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.

Shakespeare’s Birthplace

salamanderadmin — Thu, 22 Dec 2016 15:58:25 +0000

Shakespeare’s Birthplace is a restored 16th-century half-timbered house situated on Henley Street, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England, where it is believed that William Shakespeare was born in 1564 and spent his childhood years. It is now a small museum open to the public and a popular visitor attraction, owned and managed by the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust.

Stratford Butterfly Farm

salamanderadmin — Thu, 22 Dec 2016 14:13:23 +0000

Stratford Butterfly Farm is a visitor attraction in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England. A leafy tropical environment is simulated inside large greenhouses. There are numerous free flying butterflies, a few free flying birds, a pool containing fish, and running water. There are also insects and spiders living in glass displays.

Anne Hathaway’s Cottage

salamanderadmin — Wed, 14 Dec 2016 14:16:20 +0000

Anne Hathaway’s Cottage is a twelve-roomed farmhouse where Anne Hathaway, the wife of William Shakespeare, lived as a child in the village of Shottery, Warwickshire, England, about 1 mile (1.6 km) west of Stratford-upon-Avon. Spacious, and with several bedrooms, it is now set in extensive gardens.

The MAD Museum

salamanderadmin — Tue, 06 Dec 2016 14:19:43 +0000

Interactive exhibits of mechanical art and design with buttons, handles, lights and sound effects.

Holy Trinity Church

salamanderadmin — Mon, 28 Nov 2016 14:22:20 +0000

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 Holy Trinity Church or as Shakespeare’s Church, due to its fame as the place of baptism, marriage and burial of William Shakespeare. More than 200,000 tourists visit the church each year.

The Swan Theatre

salamanderadmin — Fri, 11 Nov 2016 15:46:58 +0000

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 in 1926.