Books about the Institutions of Stratford

The Story of the Shakespeare Club of Stratford-upon-Avon 1824-2016

Susan Brock and Sylvia Morris

Shakespeare Club, 2016, 164pp

The oldest Shakespeare Club in the world, responsible for many improvements in Holy Trinity Church in the 19th century, and for initiating the Shakespeare birthday parade

Stratford's Reluctant Charities: The story of the Guild and College estates

Richard Eggington

Stratford Town Trust, 2013, 56pp

Tracing the evolution of the charitable estates of the Guild of the Holy Cross and the College of Priests since medieval times to the present-day Town Trust

King Edward VI School Stratford-upon-Avon: Shakespeare's School

Richard Pearson

Gresham Books, 2008, 410pp

Origins and development of KES School and its growth over the past 150 years

Stratford Blue

Robert L Telfer

Tempus, 2003, 256pp

A history of Stratford's local buses with their iconic blue and cream livery

The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust: A personal memoir

Levi Fox

Jarrold, 1997, 358pp

Written by the Director of the SBT from 1945 to 1989 who made a huge contribution to the study of the history of the town

A History of Stratford Mop Fair

Nicholas Fogg

Bob Wilson & Sons, 1996, 24pp

Published to celebrate the  800th anniversary of Stratford's first charter

Shakespeare's Railways

John Boynton

Mid England Books, 1994, 96pp

History of the railway lines around Stratford since 1822