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Anne Hathaway’s Cottage

Anne Hathaway’s Cottage
This brick and timbered cottage was the birthplace of Anne Hathaway, wife of William Shakespeare. It stands in the village of Shottery, close to Stratford-upon-Avon in central England. They married when he was 18 and she was 26, and had three children. Today this cottage and the houses where Shakespeare was born and died are visited by his admirers from all over the world.
Peter Phipp/age fotostock
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Warwickshire; Shakespeare, William; Stratford-upon-Avon
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