Bancroft Gardens, Stratford-upon-Avon: Stratford-on-Avon District Council The Bancroft was originally an area of land where the townspeople grazed their animals, and the Canal Basin formed the terminus of the Stratford-to-Birmingham canal, completed in 1816. The Gardens also occupy the site of former canal wharves, warehouses, and a second canal basin, which was built in ... stratford.gov.uk
