Charles Dickens, 1812 - 1870, novelist, lived here.
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WC1, Doughty Street, 48
This building is often said to be Dickens' only surviving London home. There is at least one other: 10 Norfolk Street, now 22 Cleveland Street. The Doughty Street house was purchased by the Dickens Fellowship in 1925 and houses The Charles Dickens Museum.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Charles Dickens Museum - blue plaque
Born, son of Elizabeth and John Dickens, at No.1 Mile End Terrace, Landport, ...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Charles Dickens Museum - blue plaque
Prior to the LCC London matters were run by church parishes. The LCC was the ...
{Around the top edge:} Queen Elizabeth II Field {In the centre, below the royal crest:} Diamond Jubilee 2012 {Around the lower edge:} F...
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This portion of the building was destroyed by German bombing on the night of 27th September 1940, restored in 1948.
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{Next to the emblem of the Congregatio Immaculati Cordis Mariae, (Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary). The Belgian connection T...
Private day school for young boys at 90 Queen's Gate, run by Orlando Henry Wagner (1867-1956) and his wife Monica. Operating before WW1 but we can't find start and end dates. An old boy, Michael Ma...
The municipal governing body of the City of London. Officially the 'Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London'. In 2006 the name was changed from just 'Corporation of London' to disti...
Founded by John Courage at the Anchor Brewhouse site. The earliest existing building dates from 1871 and was largely rebuilt in 1894 - 1895. Reconstructed, restored and refurbished in 1985 - 1989....
The world's first business computer was built and operated by J. Lyons & Co. The LEO website provides: In October 1947, the directors of J. Lyons & Company, a British catering company famo...
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