Identity area
Reference code
GB 2236 SPAB-SPC-WW-B-2-673
Title
William Weir report on Wilmcote (near (Stratford-upon- Avon), Mary Arden's Cottage, Warwickshire. Now called Palmer's Farm.
Date(s)
- 1930-1938 (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
2 envelopes
Context area
Name of creator
(1877 to date)
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
1) Includes coloure plan and other plans and sketches 2) Photographs before repair
Mary Arden was William Shakespeare's mother. In 2000, it was discovered that the building preserved as Mary Arden's house had belonged to a friend and neighbour Adam Palmer and was renamed Palmer's Farm. The house that had belonged to the Arden family is Glebe Farm, near to Palmer's Farm.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
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