Of New Place, the home of Shakespeare's later days,
few traces now remain, but these are carefully pre*
served, and the grounds are admirably kept. Directly
opposite the site of the mansion (across Chapel Lane)
is the Guild Chapel (or " Chapel of the Holy Cross "),
founded in 1269. The chancel was rebuilt about
1450, and the rest of the edifice in the reign of Henry
VII. The Guild Hall adjoining the chapel, was built
at the same time, but has undergone many changes
and alterations. The Grammar School, where Shake
speare was doubtless a pupil, is in the second story.
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In the Town Hall^ built in 1768, is the statue of
Shakespeare presented by Garrick in 1769, the year
of the " Jubilee."

Shottery, where Anne Hathaway lived before she
became the wife of Shakespeare, is about a mile from
Stratford. It may be reached by a footpath through
the fields, on the left of the Alcester road, outside of
the town. The cottage that was Anne's home (accord-
ing to tradition generally credited) has a timber and
plaster front, and a thatched roof. The interior also
appears to have undergone little change since Shake-
speare came a-wooing hither by that same pleasant
path across the fields.
