Editing Stratford-upon-Avon (section)

===Sheep Street===
[[File:Sheep Street, Stratford-upon-Avon - DSC09012.JPG|thumb|Some of the many cafés and restaurants along Sheep Street]]

Sheep Street runs from Ely Street eastwards to the Waterside. It was a residential quarter in the 16th century, some of the buildings were rebuilt following the fire of 1595, although many, such as Number 40, date from 1480. Formerly a two-story building that was extended in the early twentieth century has a lower story of substantial close-set studding: the upper is of more widely spaced thin vertical timbers.<ref name=bh>{{cite web|url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/warks/vol3/pp221-234|title=The borough of Stratford-upon-Avon: Introduction and architectural description|website=[[British History Online]]|access-date=28 February 2019}}</ref> As the name suggests Sheep Street, which leads down from the Town Hall to Waterside and the [[Royal Shakespeare Theatre]], was from early times and until the late 19th century, the area where sheep, brought from the neighbouring [[Cotswold Hills]] to be bought and sold.<ref name="CotswoldsInfo" /> Today it is the restaurant centre of the town.

The Shrieves House is one of the oldest still lived in houses in the town and William Shakespeare is said to have based his character of Sir [[John Falstaff]] on one of the residents, his godson's uncle. [[Oliver Cromwell]] is thought to have stayed here in 1651. He wrote a letter from the town to [[Philip Wharton, 4th Baron Wharton|Lord Wharton]] on 27 August 1651,<ref name="Cromwell's Letters">{{cite book|last=Carlyle|first=Robert|title=Oliver Cromwell's letters and speeches: with elucidations, Volume 3, page 86 "The War with Scotland"|publisher=Bernhard Tauchnitz|year=1861|isbn=1402177194}}</ref> before the [[Battle of Worcester]]. Behind The Shrieves House is a museum called "[[Tudor period|Tudor]] World" with recreations of 16th-century life in theatrical settings. Just off Sheep Street is Shrieves Walk, a very quaint walkway with several small independent stores. A [[Wetherspoons]] is also on Sheep Street.