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Charles Dickens First London Home

  • English National Heritage: Numbers 18, 20 and 22 and Attached Railings

  • Type: Building
  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Building

Numbers 18, 20 and 22 and Attached Railings is a Grade II English Listed Building in London, Greater London Authority, United Kingdom. - AsNotedIn


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Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1815/00/00 Charles Dickens Home The Dickens family moves from Portsmouth to a second-floor, one bedroom flat at 22 Cleveland Street in Bloomsbury, London. Altered, an original Georgian fireplace remains in the main room.
1828/00/00 Charles Dickens Life The Dickens family moves back to their flat at 22 Cleveland Street. They will quit the residence in 1831.
1830/00/00 Charles Dickens Life After the Dickens family returned to their flat at 22 Cleveland Street, not far from the Cleveland Street Workhouse, teenage Charles is afforded many opportunities to watch the desperate people entering the institution. Oliver Twist (book)

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Particulars for Charles Dickens First London Home:
Sight Category Building
Criteria Person
Owner Private
Historic Use Single dwelling
Building Style Townhouse

Data
NHLE List Entry Number: 1356767



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