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Stratford-upon-Avon,commonly known as just Stratford,is a market town and civil parish in the Stratford-on-Avon district,in the county of Warwickshire,in the West Midlands region of England. It is situated on the River Avon,91 miles (146 km) north-west of London,22 miles (35 km) south-east of Birmingham and 8 miles (13 km) south-west of Warwick. The town is the southernmost point of the Arden area on the edge of the Cotswolds. In the 2021 census Stratford had a population of 30,495;an increase from 27,894 in the 2011 census and 22,338 in the 2001 Census.
Stratford is a town in east London,England,within the ceremonial county of Greater London. Until 1965 it was within the historic county of Essex. Part of the Lower Lea Valley,Stratford is situated 6 miles (10 km) east-northeast of Charing Cross,and includes the localities of Maryland and East Village.
The London Borough of Newham is a London borough created in 1965 by the London Government Act 1963. It covers an area previously administered by the Essex county boroughs of West Ham and East Ham,authorities that were both abolished by the same act. The name Newham reflects its creation and combines the compass points of the old borough names. Situated in the East London part of Inner London,Newham has a population of 387,576,which is the third highest of the London boroughs and also makes it the 17th most populous district in England. The local authority is Newham London Borough Council.
John de Stratford was Archbishop of Canterbury,Bishop of Winchester,Treasurer and Chancellor of England.
Stratford is a city on the Avon River within Perth County in southwestern Ontario,Canada,with a 2016 population of 31,465 in a land area of 28.28 square kilometres (10.92 sq mi). Stratford is the seat of Perth County,which was settled by English,Irish,Scottish and German immigrants,in almost equal numbers,starting in the 1820s but primarily in the 1830s and 1840s. Most became farmers;even today,the area around Stratford is known for mixed farming,dairying and hog production.
The Stratford Festival is a theatre festival which runs from April to October in the city of Stratford,Ontario,Canada. Founded by local journalist Tom Patterson in 1952,the festival was formerly known as the Stratford Shakespearean Festival,the Shakespeare Festival and the Stratford Shakespeare Festival. The festival was one of the first arts festivals in Canada and continues to be one of its most prominent. It is recognized worldwide for its productions of Shakespearean plays.
The Royal Shakespeare Theatre (RST) is a grade II* listed 1,040+ seat thrust stage theatre owned by the Royal Shakespeare Company dedicated to the English playwright and poet William Shakespeare. It is located in the town of Stratford-upon-Avon –Shakespeare's birthplace –in the English Midlands,beside the River Avon. The building incorporates the smaller Swan Theatre. The Royal Shakespeare and Swan Theatres re-opened in November 2010 after undergoing a major renovation known as the Transformation Project.
Stratford is a town in Fairfield County,Connecticut,United States. It is situated on Long Island Sound at the mouth of the Housatonic River. Stratford is in the Bridgeport–Stamford–Norwalk Metropolitan Statistical Area. It was settled by Puritans in 1639.
Bletchley is a constituent town of Milton Keynes,Buckinghamshire,England. It is situated in the south-west of Milton Keynes,and is split between the civil parishes of Bletchley and Fenny Stratford and West Bletchley.
Stony Stratford is a constituent town of Milton Keynes,Buckinghamshire,England. Historically it was a market town on the important route from London to Chester. It is also the name of a civil parish with a town council within the City of Milton Keynes. It is in the north-west corner of the Milton Keynes urban area,bordering Northamptonshire and separated from it by the River Great Ouse.
Water Stratford is a village and civil parish on the River Great Ouse in Buckinghamshire,England. It is about 3 miles (5 km) west of Buckingham,near the boundary with Oxfordshire.
Sir William Tyrone Guthrie was an English theatrical director instrumental in the founding of the Stratford Festival of Canada,the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis,Minnesota,and the Tyrone Guthrie Centre at his family's ancestral home,Annaghmakerrig,near Newbliss in County Monaghan,Ireland. He is famous for his original approach to Shakespearean and modern drama.
Stratford Canning,1st Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe,was a British diplomat who became best known as the longtime British Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire. A cousin of George Canning,he served as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister-Plenipotentiary to the United States of America between 1820 and 1824 and held his first appointment as Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire between 1825 and 1828.
Stratford Hall is a historic house museum near Lerty in Westmoreland County,Virginia. It was the plantation house of four generations of the Lee family of Virginia. Stratford Hall is the boyhood home of two Founding Fathers of the United States and signers of the Declaration of Independence,Richard Henry Lee (1732–1794),and Francis Lightfoot Lee (1734–1797). Stratford Hall is also the birthplace of Robert E. Lee (1807–1870),who served as General-in-Chief of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War (1861–1865). The Stratford Hall estate was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1960,under the care of the National Park Service in the U.S. Department of the Interior.
Northbrook High School (NHS) is a high School in Spring Branch,Houston,Texas. The school is one of four zoned high schools that are part of the Spring Branch Independent School District.
The Wolverton and Stony Stratford Tramway was a narrow gauge street tramway connecting Wolverton railway station and the Wolverton Works of the London and North Western Railway (LNWR) with Stony Stratford,Buckinghamshire. Although its financial situation was always precarious,except for a period of just under two years between 1889 and 1891,the line was in continuous operation from 1887 to 1926. Between May 1888 to December 1889,an extension also ran from Stony Stratford to Deanshanger in Northamptonshire,via Old Stratford. Unusually for a British street tramway,it was worked entirely by steam locomotives,and was the last of its type to remain in operation.
Arthur Henry Bullen,often known as A. H. Bullen,was an English editor and publisher,a specialist in 16th and 17th century literature,and founder of the Shakespeare Head Press,which for its first decades was a publisher of fine editions in the tradition of the Kelmscott Press.
The Stratford tube crash occurred on 8 April 1953,on the Central line of the London Underground. 12 people died and 46 were injured as a result of a rear-end collision in a tunnel,caused by driver error after a signal failure. This was the worst accident involving trains on the London Underground until the Moorgate tube crash in 1975. A similar accident at exactly the same location,with less serious consequences,occurred in 1946,before the line was open for public traffic;one railwayman died.
Stratford-on-Slaney,also known as Stratford or Stratford-upon-Slaney,is a small village on the River Slaney in west County Wicklow in Ireland. It was built by the Earl of Aldborough from 1774. According to the latest census,conducted in 2016,the village had a population of 241.
Robert de Stratford was an English bishop and was one of Edward III's principal ministers.
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