Stratford-Upon-Avon

Stratford-Upon-Avon is a village in the English countryside. It was home to William Shakespeare and his family.

Shakespeare left Stratford for London in 1588 and returned only once, in 1596, to bury his son, Hamnet. In 1598, when Queen Elizabeth granted Shakespeare a divorce from Anne Hathaway, his ties to Stratford were cut. Anne continued to live there with her two daughters, Susanna and Judith.