Showing posts with label Stratford-Upon-Avon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Stratford-Upon-Avon. Show all posts

Thursday, February 6, 2014

Anne Hathaway

Shottery (Warwickshire), England

This timber framed cottage was once the childhood home of Anne Hathaway, William Shakespeare's wife.  Today this cottage is open to the public and acts as a major tourist attraction for Shottery, a village just outside of Statford-Upon-Avon.

Wednesday, February 5, 2014

The Garrick Inn

Stratford-Upon-Avon (Warwickshire), England

Perhaps the oldest pub in Stratford-Upon-Avon, the birth town of William Shakespeare, parts of this timber building date back to the 1400s.  Its original name was The Greyhound, but was later renamed after the Shakespearean actor, Sir David Garrick, who did a great deal to popularize Shakespeare in this town.  It has been an Inn since the year 1718.