
The Museum & Heritage Centre at Henley-in-Arden, near Stratford-upon-Avon, England is a unique facility made possible by the generosity of a former Lord of the Manor of Henley-in-Arden, Joseph Alexander Hardy of Pennsylvania and inaugurated by his daughter, Robin Hardy Freed, in November 1996.
Please take a look round our site. We look forward to welcoming you on a visit to the Centre very soon.
Richard Jago was born at the old Parsonage house, Beaudesert on the 1st October 1715. After being educated at Solihull school and University College Oxford he was made vicar of Snitterfield. It was Jago's poetry that gained him is recognition. He wrote several elegies including 'The Blackbirds' and composed 'The Roundelay' for David Garrick's Shakespeare Jubilee in 1769. His greatest and longest work was 'Edgehill' written in 1767. He died on the 8th May 1781 at Snitterfield.
(The Old Parsonage House, Beaudesert)
See More Weeks In History
Wednesday 19 August 2026
BANK HOLIDAY MONDAY 31ST AUGUST 2026
Tramway 200 Commemorative Plaque Unveiling, 2.00pm – 3.00pm, Moreton-in-Marsh Co-operative Store
SATURDAY 5TH SEPTEMBER 2026
Moreton Show – Tramway 200 Exhibition Stand
A week later, CLPG will be attending the Moreton Show with a special stand dedicated to the 200th anniversary of the Moreton-in-Marsh Tramway.
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