This building housed the offices of Charles Dickens' magazine 'All the Year Round' and his private apartments, 1859 - 1870.
Site: Charles Dickens - WC2 (1 memorial)
WC2, Wellington Street, 26
This building housed the offices of Charles Dickens' magazine 'All the Year Round' and his private apartments, 1859 - 1870.
WC2, Wellington Street, 26
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Charles Dickens - WC2
Born, son of Elizabeth and John Dickens, at No.1 Mile End Terrace, Landport, ...
The house was designed and built for Clarkson's theatrical costume shop. His celebrated theatrical clients laid the foundation and coping...
None of these four plaques are visible in our photo (and still this was the best position form which to take the photo!) all being hidden...
Note that this is not an English Heritage blue plaque, and no one else is taking the credit either.
There are actually 2 plaques, with the same wording, on the building, one at first floor and one at ground floor level.
London County Council Austin Dobson, 1840-1921, poet and essayist, lived here.
United Secession minister. Born Berwickshire, Scotland. Moved to London in 1782 and served the Wells Street church for the rest of his life. Co-founder of the London Missionary Society and supporte...
English actor. Born into a theatrical family, she began acting as a child. She was the first to play the title role in J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan, beginning in 1904. Died Hamilton Road, Ealing.
Bronze. This statue, considered Clarke's best work, belongs to the select group of seated London statues - see Peabody.
Islington Librarian in 1906. We believe he also published books on librarianship.
Collector of glass, books and engravings funded from the wealth he inherited from his father. Member of the Society of Antiquaries, he endowed 3 Slade Professorships of Fine Art at universities, an...