The heroine of Dickens' novel Little Dorrit was one resident who was not a prisoner.
SE1, Borough High Street, Angel Alley
We've put the pin for these 6 plaques at the entrance to the alleyway but they are actually laid into the ground, distributed along the alley all the way to Tennis Street. We've numbered them west to east. In our picture you can see the old wall, the steel plaque and the first of the stone plaques.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Marshalsea 3 - stone - Little Dorrit
A novel by Charles Dickens first published in serial form 1855 and 1857. The...
Born, son of Elizabeth and John Dickens, at No.1 Mile End Terrace, Landport, ...
Originally built to hold prisoners being tried by the Marshalsea Court an...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Marshalsea 3 - stone - Little Dorrit
The plaque refers to 'wall mounted artworks' but we did not see any on our vi...
This is our first push-me-pull-you plaque. It is in Angel Alley at the gates...
John Dickens, the father of Charles Dickens, was imprisoned here for debt fro...
The foundation stone to which this plaque refers reads "National Provident Institution for Mutual Life Assurance. This stone was laid on ...
Beside entrance. The library forms part of the charitable trust established under the will of Dr Daniel Williams. The Library, origina...
Hobsons Place This block was built in 1966 by the Greater London Council and was named after Hobson's Place, which was one of the streets...
English Heritage Sir Stewart Duke-Elder, 1898 - 1978, ophthalmologist, lived and worked here, 1934 - 1976.
