Year of Death: 1616

Cemetery or Churchyard: Holy Trinity Church

Address: Stratford upon Avon

Notes: Shakespeare’s grave is in Holy Trinity Church, his local parish church in Stratford upon Avon. Shakespeare died on his birthday – 23 April – in 1616, the day he turned 52. Shakespeare’s grave is famous for having a curse as an epitaph on his gravestone which Shakespeare himself wrote. Relic hunting was popular in Shakespeare’s day, and Shakespeare was aware his status as a leading writer may have meant his bones would be dug up by one of the hunters.

Contributor: GS