Carter Lane London marble plaque Richard Quiney and The Bell

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# Richard Quiney at The Bell, Carter Lane Standing at 47 Carter Lane, you're standing at the threshold of one of Shakespeare's most intimate historical moments—though the Bard himself never set foot on this precise spot. It was here, from The Bell inn, that Richard Quiney, a Stratford-upon-Avon mal...

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Upon this site formerly stood "The Bell" Carter Lane. From whence Richard Quiney wrote the letter to William Shakespeare dated 25th October 1598. This is the only letter extant addressed to Shakespeare and the original is preserved in the museum at his birthplace, Stratford Upon Avon. This tablet was placed upon the present building by leave of the Postmaster General 1899.