The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 17.0496 Tuesday, 23 May 2006
From: John Briggs <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: Tuesday, 23 May 2006 12:46:31 +0100
Subject: 17.0473 Shakespeare's Hidden Catholicism
Comment: Re: SHK 17.0473 Shakespeare's Hidden Catholicism
Duncan Salkeld wrote:
>It's equally if not more likely that this Gulielmus came from
>Stratford, London, than Stratford upon Avon (no hyphens in
>Shakespeare's day).
As the place-name "Stratford" means 'ford by which a Roman road crossed a
river' it is hardly surprising that there are at least twelve places in
England with that name. All except the one in Bedfordshire have a
distinguishing epithet.
John Briggs
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