I had some business meetings in England this week, and on my way back to Birmingham Airport I stopped in Stratford-Upon-Avon to see the houses where Shakespeare was born and died. Warwick Castle was also along the way, so I stopped briefly to take a few pictures before sunset.
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- Warwick’s historical district seen through an archery keyhole in Warwick Castle’s watchtower – Warwick Castle
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- Warwick Castle
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- Library at Warwick Castle
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- Moo-Moo’s Icecream in Stratford-Upon-Avon
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- William Shakespeare’s Birthplace, Stratford-Upon-Avon
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- William Shakespeare’s parents’ bedroom – Shakespeare’s Birthplace, Stratford-Upon-Avon
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- William Shakespeare’s plays were compiled by his friends in this book which sold for 2 pounds in his time. This is one of the few remaining copies – Shakespeare’s Birthplace, Stratford-Upon-Avon
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- Shakespeare’s Birthplace, Stratford-Upon-Avon
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- William Shakespeare’s childhood bedroom – Shakespeare’s Birthplace, Stratford-Upon-Avon
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- Shakespeare’s Birthplace, Stratford-Upon-Avon
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- William Shakespeare’s Dig, Stratford-Upon-Avon
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- Plaque at the house where William Shakespeare died – Stratford-Upon-Avon
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- William Shakespeare’s father’s tannery workshop – Shakespeare’s Birthplace, Stratford-Upon-Avon
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- Harvard House (right, with flagpole): John Harvard – the founder of the Harvard Library, from which Harvard University started – was the second son of Robert Harvard, butcher, and his second wife Katherine, the daughter of Thomas Rogers of Stratford-upon-Avon, a substantial butcher, maltster and grazier. It was Thomas who, after the Stratford fire of 1594 rebuilt the house which now bears the name of his grandson.
