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- Charles Dickens lived at number 1 between 1839 and 1851 and wrote many of his most important work here. Six of his children were born while he lived in the property. The buildings were demolished in the late 1950's and replaced by an office block on the corner of Marylebone Road and Marylebone High Street.
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Feb 14, 2012 · In late March, Charles and Catherine moved into 48 Doughty Street; to recover from the death of Mary Hogarth on 7 May, the couple spent two weeks at Collins's Farm, Hampstead; in July, the couple stayed at the Hotel Rignolle, Calais; in September, they holidayed in Broadstairs on the English Channel.
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14 novels: Palace of Westminster (including the Houses of Parliament and Westminster Hall). Dickens began his career as a parliamentary reporter, so it's no surprise the corridors of power figure p...13 novels: St Paul's Cathedral (including St Paul's churchyard)11 novels: Strand9 novels: Bank of England, Covent Garden Market, Holborn (including Holborn Bridge), London Bridge, Old Bailey, Temple (various specific locations mentioned within), Tower of London9 novels: London Bridge6 novels: Westminster Bridge5 novels: Blackfriars Bridge, Waterloo Bridge3 novels: Southwark BridgeAlthough Dickens was wide-ranging in his exploration of London, he did leave out some notable areas and landmarks. Obviously, many of the areas outside central London are absent, but some notable parts of the centre of town are also lacking. Buckingham Palace: Used as the main royal home from Victoria's accession in 1837 — the same year as Pickwick...
The map includes any location that would count as part of Greater London today, as that makes most sense to a modern audience. London has grown since Dickens's time, and many of the outer pins would not have been considered part of the capital during the author's lifetime. We've mapped all 15 novels plus the Christmas stories — five short, seasonal...
In 1929 when the Dickensian ran these maps to demonstrate the changes wrought by a century of population growth, urban sprawl, and technological expansion, the lineaments of Dickens's London were still discernible — just six decades having passed since his death.
Dec 16, 2021 · Charles Dickens moved around a lot in his life, and it was in December 1839 that he moved the family from their terraced house in Bloomsbury’s Doughty Street to here in Marylebone, where they lived until 1851.
Sep 26, 2024 · Charles Dickens leased a number of homes in London, including Devonshire Terrace and Tavistock House in Bloomsbury, and only ever purchased one- Gad’s Hill Place in Rochester, Kent. But it was to 48 Doughty Street that Dickens moved with his wife Catherine and her younger sister Mary.
Dickens lived at the house with his wife Catherine (1816–79) and her younger sister, Mary Hogarth (1820–37). However the same year they moved in Mary died suddenly at the age of 17 in Dickens’s arms.
