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Mary Arden's Farm

House museum · Wilmcote, England

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Mary Arden's Farm
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History

Mary Arden's Farm, also known as Mary Arden's House or Glebe Farm, is the farmhouse of Mary Shakespeare, the mother of Elizabethan playwright William Shakespeare. Because of confusion about the actual house inhabited by Mary in the mid-sixteenth century, a nearby farm was conserved in the 20th century as "Mary Arden's Farm", but has been subsequently renamed Palmer's Farm. Both are grade I listed and located in the village of Wilmcote, about three miles from Stratford-upon-Avon.

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Visiting

This is a house museum. Opening times, tickets and access change, so check the official website before you travel. Get directions.

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