Staff at the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust Local Collections offer a range of talks on local history and broader historical topics, suitable for any group or society. This includes a good selection of talks on Stratford itself but it is not normally possible to offer talks about other local towns and villages, other than to indicate the range of relevant source material the Local Collections hold on a particular place. It may also occasionally be possible to offer a talk for a specific or special occasion and this can be discussed with the Head Local Collections. 
 
Talks can be booked either during the day, in which case expenses and a donation to the work of the Trust are requested, or in the evening, when a charge may apply, usually between £30 - £40, dependant upon the distance travelled. 
 
Evening visits 

Evening visits can be arranged to the Shakespeare Centre Library and Archive. As part of an evening visit we provide a general talk about our work, the types of documents we hold and how to locate and use them. In addition there would usually be a display of documents about the particular area or subject of interest of your group, and the archivist will talk about these too. Numbers for group visits are limited to a maximum of fifteen. The charge for these visits is normally £40 to cover the cost of security cover whilst the building is open. 
 
We regret that we cannot normally accommodate group visits during the day.  
 
Local Collections talks 

[Those marked with an * are/can be illustrated] 

The work of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust Local Collections
Sources in the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust Local Collections* 
 
Stratford 
History of Stratford-upon-Avon* 
Stratford Past & Present* 
Stratford-upon-Avon Architecture* 
Mediaeval Stratford-upon-Avon 
Fires at Stratford-upon-Avon 
Plague in Stratford-upon-Avon 
Stratford and the Civil War  
Victorian Stratford-upon-Avon* 
Church & Chapel 
Women of Stratford 
Marie Corelli  
The Gild of the Holy Cross 
The Vicars of Stratford and the Shakespeare phenomenon
Stratford's Charter of Incorporation, 1553
 
Local 
Warwickshire & the Gunpowder Plot 
Local market towns* 
Local Country Houses* 
The Leighs of Stoneleigh Abbey 
The Clopton family 
Clopton House 
 
General 
Mediaeval women* 
Mediaeval childhood 
Christmas customs & their origins* 
Easter customs 
 
Shakespeare 
Shakespeare in the Stratford Records 
Shakespeare's Will* 
History of the Shakespeare Birthday Celebrations