Literature
Wednesday, 29 November 2000
Farmhouse was not Shakespeare's mother's home
An English farmhouse regarded as the childhood home of William Shakespeare's mother is to change its name after evidence was uncovered that she never lived there. The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust said that research had shown that the playwright's mother grew up in Glebe Farm, near Stratford-upon-Avon, and not in the nearby property called Mary Arden's House. The trust, which already owns Glebe Farm, said it hoped the finding would boost interest in the tourist attraction, which is visited by 100,000 people each year.
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