Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens
Lived in a house on this
site
1824-1829
Later to be the home of
The David Copperfield
Childrens Library
1922-1932
Erected by Brook and Cranleigh House Residents Association.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Education.
Location. 51° 31.993′ N, 0° 8.071′ W. Marker is in Camden, England, in Greater London. Marker is on Cranleigh Street just west of Chalton Street, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 9-16 Cranleigh Street, Camden, England NW1 1NT, United Kingdom. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. George Padmore (a few steps from this marker); Father Basil Jellicoe (about 150 meters away, measured in a direct line); Mary Wollstonecraft (approx. 0.2 kilometers away); The Last Goon Show (approx. 0.3 kilometers away); St. Pancras Old Church (approx. 0.3 kilometers away); Burma Railway Memorial (approx. 0.4 kilometers away); Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospital (approx. 0.7 kilometers away); Euston War Memorial (approx. 0.7 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Camden.
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Additional keywords. Camden Town
"... in June 1822, when John Dickens was recalled to Navy Pay Office headquarters at Somerset House, and the family (except for Charles, who stayed behind to finish his final term of work) moved to Camden Town in London. The family had left Kent amidst rapidly mounting debts, and, living beyond his means, John Dickens was forced by his creditors into the Marshalsea debtors' prison in Southwark, London in 1824. His wife and youngest children joined him there, as was the practice at the time. Charles, then 12 years old, boarded with Elizabeth Roylance, a family friend, at 112 College Place, Camden Town. Roylance was "a reduced [impoverished] old lady, long known to our family", whom Dickens later immortalised, "with a few alterations and embellishments", as "Mrs. Pipchin" in Dombey and Son...." - Wikipedia
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