Plaque

Charles Dickens Museum - blue plaque

Inscription

Charles Dickens, 1812 - 1870, novelist, lived here.
L.C.C.

Site: Charles Dickens Museum - blue plaque (1 memorial)

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

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London County Council

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