Smithsonian Magazine

Shakespeare’s House in London Was Lost to History. A Scholar Discovered a Map in the Archives That Revealed Its Exact Location

The Bard purchased the property three years before his death in 1616. Had he hoped to spend more time in the city where he wrote his best-known plays?
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Newly found 17th century map pinpoints exact site of Shakespeares only London home and possible workplace for his final plays

A newly uncovered 17th-century map has revealed the precise location of William Shakespeare’s London home near Blackfriars, offering fresh insight into his final years and work in the city.

Shakespeare Bought One Property in London. Now We Know Exactly Where.

In confirming the precise location of William Shakespeare’s Blackfriars house, a British scholar raises fresh questions about what he intended to do with it.