Taylor, T. (Auctioneer). To be sold by auction ... on Thursday the 7th day of March, 1805 : two freehold dwelling houses ... situated in Henley street ... one of which ... is now used as a public-house, known by the sign of the Swan and Maidenhead

Folger bibliographic ID: 26493
Folger call number: ART Vol. d79 no.1b
Folger holdings ID: 27266

General notes

Shakespeare's birthplace had been made into a tavern, "the Swan and Maidenhead," near the end of the seventeenth century

Item information about Folger ART Vol. d79 no.1b

Bound in Illustrations of Shakespeare's birthplace, collected by J.O. Halliwell-Phillipps

Extended title: To be sold by auction ... on Thursday the 7th day of March, 1805 : two freehold dwelling houses ... situated in Henley street ... one of which ... is now used as a public-house, known by the sign of the Swan and Maidenhead
Alternate titles: Sale of the Birth-Place of Shakespeare

Shakespeare Birthplace Trust

author: Taylor, T. (Auctioneer)
subject: Shakespeare Birthplace Trust