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Plaque

Marshalsea 4 - stone - spiral

Inscription

But whosoever goes into Marshalsea Place ... will find his feet on the very paving-stones of the extinct Marshalsea jail ... and will stand among the crowding ghosts of many miserable years.

Quoted from Charles Dickens' preface to Little Dorrit.

Site: Marshalsea Prison - Angel Alley (6 memorials)

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.

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This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
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Marshalsea Prison

Originally built to hold prisoners being tried by the Marshalsea Court an...

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Charles Dickens

Born, son of Elizabeth and John Dickens, at No.1 Mile End Terrace, Landport, ...

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This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
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Marshalsea 1 - stone - round

Marshalsea 1 - stone - round

Quoted from Chapter 3 of Little Dorrit.

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Marshalsea 2 - steel

Marshalsea 2 - steel

The plaque refers to 'wall mounted artworks' but we did not see any on our vi...

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Marshalsea 3 - stone - Little Dorrit

Marshalsea 3 - stone - Little Dorrit

The heroine of Dickens' novel Little Dorrit was one resident who was not a pr...

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Marshalsea 5 - stone - at gates

Marshalsea 5 - stone - at gates

This is our first push-me-pull-you plaque. It is in Angel Alley at the gates...

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Marshalsea 6 - stone - John Dickens

Marshalsea 6 - stone - John Dickens

John Dickens, the father of Charles Dickens, was imprisoned here for debt fro...

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Nearby Memorials

John Skinner Prout

John Skinner Prout

WC1, Marchmont Street, 41 & 43

These two plaques are next door to each other and were unveiled on the same day. We attended the event, and since this street is becoming...

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
George Dorrell VC

George Dorrell VC

W8, Kensington Church Street, St Mary Abbots church

The plaque is on the pavement to the left of the war memorial.  More information about the VC plaque project at Centenary News. 

War served | WW1
2 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
Boundary markers at Barbican Station

Boundary markers at Barbican Station

EC1, Long Lane

These 3 plaques are parish boundary markers. We have spent some time searching for, and poring over, maps of parish boundaries, expecting...

5 creators
Wimbledon Village Improvement 1964

Wimbledon Village Improvement 1964

SW19, Wimbledon High Street, Fire Station

This is Local London news item is useful. The LEB is mentioned on the plaque because at the time they owned the building, the former fire...

6 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
Walter Macqueen-Pope

Walter Macqueen-Pope

N10, Etheldene Avenue, 33

Walter J. Macqueen-Pope 1888 - 1960 theatre manager and historian lived here. Historic Buildings of the London Borough of Haringey

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator