Marshalsea Prison
Beyond this old wall is the site of the old Marshalsea Prison, closed in 1842. This sign is attached to a remnant of the prison wall. Charles Dickens, whose father had been imprisoned here for debt in 1824, used that experience as the Marshalsea setting for his novel Little Dorrit.
Historic Southwark
SE1, Tabard Street, St George's Churchyard Gardens
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Marshalsea Prison - garden
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...
The Sancho plaque is to the right of the tree, Montague House (often spelt Montagu House) to the left. The hedge that you can see in our ...
Pristinae Virtutis Memor was the motto of the Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment, which translates as 'mindful of their former valour'.
Grim's Dyke was designed by R. N. Shaw in 1872 for Frederick Goodall. He sold in 1880 to Robert Herriot of Hambros Bank from whom, Gilber...
London Borough of Southwark Richard Church, 1893-1972, writer and poet, lived here, 1905-1912. Plaque renewed 2010.
Identical plaques are on both northbound and southbound platforms of the Northern line.
Author and politician. Born Alan Patrick Herbert at Ashtead Lodge, Ashtead, Leatherhead. He was called to the bar, but never practised. Joined Punch magazine as a writer in 1924 and went on to writ...
Person, Literature, Music / songs, Politics & Administration
This sculpture was inspired by a widely-circulated and influential news photograph taken by Sam Nzima during the Soweto uprising – see th...
The clergy encouraged the staging of mystery plays from around 1350. Performed in English these taught the Christian stories to the people who could not read, nor understand the Latin used in chur...
Simon Callow did the unveiling honours. There seems to be a battle going on in Wikipedia as to whether Gaumont or Nordisk were the first...
