Places and maps

Cambridge: Plan from Cantabrigia Depicta, A Concise and Accurate Description of the University and Town of Cambridge, c. 1763 - Peterhouse and Pembroke College are marked as "A" and "B" respectively

Gray's rooms at Pembroke College: From an engraving by W. B. Cook after a drawing by J. M. Ince, dated 1838 - Gray's rooms are on the first floor to the left of the Hall

Ivy Court, Pembroke College: Gray's rooms at Pembroke were in a corner of this court

Peterhouse, Cambridge: Photograph showing the main court with the 17th-century chapel

Peterhouse, Cambridge: Photograph showing the main quadrangle

London, north-west of St Paul's: Map from Henry Hunter, The History of London, and its environs. London, 1811, vol. ii

London, north-east of St Paul's: Map from Henry Hunter, The History of London, and its environs. London, 1811, vol. ii

London, south-west of St Paul's: Map from Henry Hunter, The History of London, and its environs. London, 1811, vol. ii

London, south-east of St Paul's: Map from Henry Hunter, The History of London, and its environs. London, 1811, vol. ii

Plan of Broadstreet and Cornhill wards: Plate XIII. from the History of London, by John Noorthouck, London, 1773, 566

Cornhill: Detail of a plan showing the great fire in the City of London that began on 25 March 1748 - from the engraving published by M. Payne

The Royal Exchange: Plate XIX. from the History of London, by John Noorthouck, London, 1773, 601

Poets' Corner, Westminster Abbey: John Bacon the Elder's monument to Thomas Gray, erected by William Mason in 1778

Plaque to the memory of Thomas Gray, sculpted by F. W. Pomeroy (1856-1924) in 1917, erected in 1918 - outside 39 Cornhill, London. Photo courtesy of Adamt, via Wikimedia Commons

Thomas Gray's baptismal font - St. Michael's Cornhill. Photo courtesy of Bill Roberts.

Thomas Gray's baptismal font - St. Michael's Cornhill. Photo courtesy of Bill Roberts.

The Lych Gate, St Giles Church, Stoke Poges: Photograph of the gate of the pathway through the churchyard, as it looks today

St Giles Church, Stoke Poges: Photograph of the parish church, as it looks today - Gray and his mother's tomb is located under the window of the large brick building close to the pathway. In Gray's days the church tower had a tall spire

St Giles Church, Stoke Poges: Photograph of the parish church, as it looked after the removal of the spire in 1924

St Giles Church, Stoke Poges: Photograph of the parish church, as it looked before the removal of the spire in 1924 - in Gray's days the tower would have had a spire similar to the one seen here

St Giles Church, Stoke Poges: Photograph of the parish church, as it looked before the removal of the spire in 1924 - in Gray's days the tower would have had a spire similar to the one seen here

St Giles Church, Stoke Poges: East End Photograph of the parish church, as it looked before the removal of the spire in 1924 - in Gray's days the tower would have had a spire similar to the one seen here

St Giles Church, Stoke Poges: Photograph of the parish church, as it looked before the removal of the spire in 1924 - in Gray's days the tower would have had a spire similar to the one seen here

St Giles Church, Stoke Poges: East End Photograph of the parish church, as it looked before the removal of the spire in 1924 - in Gray's days the tower would have had a spire similar to the one seen here

St Giles Church, Stoke Poges: East End Photograph of the parish church, as it looked before the removal of the spire in 1924 - in Gray's days the tower would have had a spire similar to the one seen here

St Giles Church, Stoke Poges: Photograph of the parish church and yew tree

St Giles Church, Stoke Poges: Photograph of the parish church and yew tree

St Giles Church, Stoke Poges: West End and Ancient Yew

St Giles Church, Stoke Poges: Photograph of Gray's tomb

Gray's tomb at Stoke Poges: Painting by Hendrick Frans de Cort (1742-1810) - in Eton College Library, provided by The Provost and Fellows of Eton College. Gray and his mother's tomb is front

St Giles Church, Stoke Poges: Tomb of the poet Thomas Gray

St Giles Church, Stoke Poges: Gray's tomb in "The Country Churchyard," Stoke Poges

St Giles Church, Stoke Poges: Gray's tomb

St Giles Church, Stoke Poges: Bicycle Window

St Giles Church, Stoke Poges: Gray's Pew in corner

St Giles Church, Stoke Poges: Interior

St Giles Church, Stoke Poges: The Penn Pew

St Giles Church, Stoke Poges: Penn's Pew under Belfry

St Giles Church, Stoke Poges: "Gray" pew in corner

St Giles Church, Stoke Poges: "Penn" pew on left

St Giles Church, Stoke Poges: Photograph of the Church Porch and Yew Tree

Gray's Field, Stoke Poges: The Stoke Poges Memorial to Thomas Gray is in the background

Gray's Field, Stoke Poges: Cenotaph of Poet Gray

Gray's Field, Stoke Poges: Thomas Gray's Monument

Gray's Field, Stoke Poges: Gray's Monument

Gray's Field, Stoke Poges: Gray's Monument

Stoke Manor House: Pencil drawing (detail) by Thomas Gray, sent in a letter to Walpole, 8 July 1752 - at The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University

The Manor House, Stoke Poges: Photograph of the Manor House estates

The Manor House, Stoke Poges: former Residence of the Penns