WARWICKSHIRE: WILMCOTE: SHAKESPEARE BIRTHPLACE TRUST; MARY ARDEN'S TUDOR FARM; LIGHTING THE TUDOR BREAD OVEN

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A man and a woman in Tudor dress light the bread oven with twigs ,called faggots, at Mary Arden's Tudor Farm Stratford on Avon Bread was a vital part of the Tudor diet and eaten with most meals. The fire was raked out and then pushed in to the space under the oven before the dough was put inside

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Location: Mary Arden 's Tudor Farm, Wilmcote, Warwickshire, UK
Photo credit: © Jean Hall / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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