Father of Charles Dickens, was imprisoned in Marshalsea for debt from February to March (or May, according to Wikipedia) 1824. His wife Elizabeth and 4 youngest children joined him. It was only the death of his mother, and the subsequent inheritance that effected their release. He is said to be the model for his son's Mr Micawber in Great Expectations.
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John Dickens
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Marshalsea 6 - stone - John Dickens
John Dickens, the father of Charles Dickens, was imprisoned here for debt fro...
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War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Henry Laurens
American statesman. South Carolina planter and slave owner. 1783 negotiator for the Treaty of Paris.
1 memorial
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
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1 memorial
Worshipful Company of Butchers
From the Butchers' website: "Five of our seven Halls were burned down including destruction in the Great Fire of London in 1666. The fourth Hall, in Pudding Lane, was subject to a compulsory purch...
2 memorials
William Ford Robinson Stanley
Inventor, manufacturer and philanthropist. Born William Ford Robinson Stanley in Islington. He filed 78 patents for precision drawing, mathematical and surveying instruments, as well as telescopes....
Person, Architecture, Art, Engineering, Literature, Philanthropy
5 memorials
Albert Biscoe
Bus conductor, resident of Festing Road, killed in WW1. We have tried researching Albert Biscoe whom The Putney Society has laid a paving stone to commemorate him and three other residents in Fest...
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
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