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.
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Charles Dickens Museum - blue plaque
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Charles Dickens Museum - blue plaque
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