The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
Stratford
Essex (County [UK]), England
View Larger MapDescription of institution: A town in east London, England, within the ceremonial county of Greater London and the historic county of Essex. Stratford was originally an agricultural community, whose proximity to London provided a ready market for its produce. By the 18th century, the area around Stratford was noted for potato growing, a business that continued into the mid-1800s URL:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stratford,_London