I had come to Stratford on a poetical pilgrimage.

When two Englishmen were asked to name the finest walk in England, one chose the walk from Stratford to Coventry, the other, the walk from Coventry to Stratford.

We are positive, however, that he was living in Stratford at the time of his death.

"It must be confessed, however, that a careful study of the official colonial records of Connecticut and New Haven leaves no doubt that Goodwife Bassett was convicted and hung at Stratford for witchcraft in 1651, and Goodwife Knapp at Fairfield in 1653.

His father, John Shakespeare, was a farmer's son from the neighboring village of Snitterfield, who came to Stratford about 1551, and began to prosper as a trader in corn, meat, leather, and other agricultural products.

I give Sam Bossom instructions to take the boat down to Stratford with three passengers aboardyou and the Mortimersas a business speckilation; and it may so happenI don't say it will, mind youthat sooner or later Mortimer'll want to pick up an extry hand to strengthen his company.

Shakespeare probably bought New Place in Stratford as a residence for his family and a retreat for himself out of the theatrical season, but he doubtless continued to live in London for the greater part of his time until a few years before his death in 1616.

We'll be in Stratford before daybreak.

I then found Mr Vignoles, and we trundled off together, with another engineer named Smith, picking up Stratford by the way, to Wormwood Scrubs.

Well, one week-end about a month before he startedhe took a noliday an' went a trip with me to Stratford aboard this very boat.