Marshalsea Prison
Beyond this old wall is the site of the old Marshalsea Prison, closed in 1842. This sign is attached to a remnant of the prison wall. Charles Dickens, whose father had been imprisoned here for debt in 1824, used that experience as the Marshalsea setting for his novel Little Dorrit.
Historic Southwark
SE1, Tabard Street, St George's Churchyard Gardens
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Marshalsea Prison - garden
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...
John Lawson Johnston, 1839 - 190, inventor of Bovril, owned and lived here at 'Bovril castle' Kingswood House. London Borough of Southwa...
The poem is part of ‘Riddles’, R.F.C. by John Drinkwater, 1918.
We thank our colleague Alan Patient for this photo.
This was Burton's home, where he lived whilst building Guilford Street and the south side of Brunswick Square. It now belongs to the Univ...
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