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Tag: Charles Dickens

Leigh Hunt Street, SE1

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Place Name Much redeveloped. Today Leigh Hunt Street is a pathway through the Mint Street Park. James Henry Leigh Hunt…

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Filed under: Borough and Bankside, Charles Dickens, journalist, Southwark, streets named after people who have been in prison, streets named after poets

Leigh Hunt Drive, N14

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Place Name James Henry Leigh Hunt (October 19, 1784 – August 28, 1859), known as simply Leigh Hunt, was a…

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Filed under: Charles Dickens, Enfield, journalist, Prince Regent, Southgate, streets named after people who have been in prison, streets named after poets

Pickwick Road, SE21

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Place Name Samuel Pickwick is the eponymous leader of the Pickwick Papers, Charles Dickens’s widely successful first novel – originally told…

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Filed under: Charles Dickens, dickens, Dulwich, Dulwich Village, literature, Southwark, streets named after fictional characters, streets named after literary figures

Pickwick Way, BR7

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Place Name The Pickwick Papers was Charles Dickens’s widely successful first novel – originally told as a part work –…

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Filed under: Bromley, Charles Dickens, Chislehurst, cluster, dickens, streets named after fictional characters

Copperfield Street, SE1

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Place Name Originally Orange Street. It is named after the eponymous hero of Charles Dickens’s novel David Copperfield whose ever…

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Filed under: Borough and Bankside, Charles Dickens, dickens, Southwark, streets named after fictional characters

Dickens Square, SE1

30 September 2022 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Previously Union Square. Charles John Huffam Dickens (February 7, 1812 – June 9, 1870) was an author, journalist, and…

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Filed under: author, Borough and Bankside, Charles Dickens, dickens, Southwark, streets named after an author

Little Dorrit Court, SE1

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Place Name Previously the site of Falcon Court. Charles Dickens wrote extensively about the notorious Marshalsea  debtors’ prison where his…

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Filed under: Borough and Bankside, Charles Dickens, dickens, Southwark, streets named after fictional characters, streets named after literary figures, streets named after women

Dorrit Street, SE1

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Place Name Ironic name since Little Dorrit Court not far away is far larger. Charles Dickens wrote extensively about the notorious…

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Filed under: Charles Dickens, dickens, literature, Southwark, streets named after fictional characters, streets named after literary figures, streets named after women, women

Beacontree Avenue, E17

22 February 2020 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Takes its name from what was once the site of Becontree Archery, a 19thCentury archery ground with lodge,…

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Filed under: Charles Dickens, Hale End and Highams Park, Quakers, streets named after sports connections, streets named after trees, Waltham Forest, Wanstead, Wanstead Park

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