The heroine of Dickens' novel Little Dorrit was one resident who was not a prisoner.
SE1, Borough High Street, Angel Alley
We've put the pin for these 6 plaques at the entrance to the alleyway but they are actually laid into the ground, distributed along the alley all the way to Tennis Street. We've numbered them west to east. In our picture you can see the old wall, the steel plaque and the first of the stone plaques.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Marshalsea 3 - stone - Little Dorrit
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...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Marshalsea 3 - stone - Little Dorrit
The plaque refers to 'wall mounted artworks' but we did not see any on our vi...
This is our first push-me-pull-you plaque. It is in Angel Alley at the gates...
John Dickens, the father of Charles Dickens, was imprisoned here for debt fro...
In 1831 the Broughton Suspension Bridge collapsed as a troop of 74 men marched across. Investigations put this down to the effects of mec...
Zachary Macaulay (1768 - 1838), philanthropist, and his son Thomas Babington Macaulay, afterwards Lord Macaulay (1800 - 1859), lived here...
George Daniels CBE, watchmaker, 1926 - 2011, lived & worked here. The Worshipful Company of Clockmakers The British Horological Insti...
The plaque on the brick wall in the picture reads: The BBC Star Terrace, "Bring me fun, bring me sunshine, bring me love" Sylvie Dee. De...
The plaques are on the stone pillars either side of the entrance; plaque 1 to the left in our photo and plaque 2 to the right. The stran...
One-time patron of the Goon Show Preservation Society. On the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II on 8 September 2022, Charles, the longest-serving British heir apparent, went from Prince of W...
Born, son of Elizabeth and John Dickens, at No.1 Mile End Terrace, Landport, Portsmouth (where there is a museum). For a map showing many of his London addresses see Londonist. His family were so p...
Manages 8 major Royal Parks covering 5,000 acres: Bushy Park (with the Longford River), The Green Park, Greenwich Park, Hyde Park, Kensington Gardens, The Regent's Park (and Primrose Hill), Richmo...
Shop-keeper. Born Egypt. Arrived in London in the 70s and added the aristocratic "al" prefix to his name. He owned Harrods, the Paris Ritz and Fulham Football Club. The drunk chauffeur of the ca...
Artist. Born in Les Andelys, Normandy. He spent a large part of his life in Rome, producing many paintings with an historical theme, such as 'The Adoration of the Golden Calf'.
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