CHAPTER X

THE GAD’S HILL COUNTRY 204

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

_From Photographs by T. W. Tyrrell, etc._

1. CHARLES DICKENS IN 1857 _Frontispiece_ FACING PAGE 2. 1 MILE END TERRACE, PORTSEA (NOW 393 COMMERCIAL ROAD PORTSMOUTH) 1 3. CLEVELAND STREET (LATE NORFOLK STREET), FITZROY SQUARE 8 4. 2 (NOW 11) ORDNANCE TERRACE, CHATHAM 12 5. 18 ST. MARY’S PLACE, THE BROOK, CHATHAM 17 6. FORT PITT, CHATHAM 19 7. THE GOLDEN CROSS, CHARING CROSS, CIRCA 1827 22 8. 16 (NOW 141) BAYHAM STREET, CAMDEN TOWN 24 9. DICKENS AT THE BLACKING WAREHOUSE 33 10. LANT STREET, BOROUGH 35 11. THE SIGN OF THE DOG’S HEAD IN THE POT, CHARLOTTE STREET, BLACKFRIARS 38 12. 29 (NOW 13) JOHNSON STREET, SOMERS TOWN 40 13. WELLINGTON HOUSE ACADEMY, HAMPSTEAD ROAD 43 14. 1 RAYMOND BUILDINGS, GRAY’S INN 46 15. CHARLES DICKENS IN 1830 49 16. YORK HOUSE, 15 BUCKINGHAM STREET, STRAND 51 17. 15 FURNIVAL’S INN, HOLBORN 54 18. 48 DOUGHTY STREET 56 19. JACK STRAW’S CASTLE, HAMPSTEAD, CIRCA 1835 59 20. 1 DEVONSHIRE TERRACE 62 21. 9 OSNABURGH TERRACE 65 22. TAVISTOCK HOUSE 72 23. 5 HYDE PARK PLACE 75 24. THE OFFICE OF “ALL THE YEAR ROUND,” WELLINGTON STREET, STRAND 78 25. THE OFFICE OF “HOUSEHOLD WORDS,” WELLINGTON STREET, STRAND 81 26. MILE END COTTAGE, ALPHINGTON 88 27. THE GEORGE INN, AMESBURY 97 28. AMESBURY CHURCH 104 29. THE COMMON HARD, PORTSMOUTH 113 30. THE GEORGE, GRETA BRIDGE 120 31. DOTHEBOYS HALL, BOWES 129 32. THE RED LION, BARNET 136 33. THE ALBION HOTEL, BROADSTAIRS 145 34. LAWN HOUSE, BROADSTAIRS 147 35. FORT HOUSE, BROADSTAIRS 150 36. 3 ALBION VILLAS, FOLKESTONE 152 THE WOODEN LIGHTHOUSE, FOLKESTONE HARBOUR ″ 37. THE AULA NOVO AND NORMAN STAIRCASE, PART OF THE KING’S SCHOOL, CANTERBURY 155 HOUSE ON LADY WOOTTON’S GREEN, CANTERBURY ″ 38. THE SUN INN, CANTERBURY 158 39. GAD’S HILL PLACE 161 40. THE LEATHER BOTTLE, COBHAM 163 41. THE HOUSE AT CHALK IN WHICH DICKENS SPENT HIS HONEYMOON 166 42. THE CORN EXCHANGE, ROCHESTER 168 43. THE GUILDHALL, ROCHESTER 171 44. ROCHESTER ABOUT 1810 174 45. EASTGATE HOUSE AND SAPSEA’S HOUSE, ROCHESTER 203 46. RESTORATION HOUSE, ROCHESTER 206 47. THE BULL HOTEL, ROCHESTER 209 48. CHARLES DICKENS IN 1868 216

THE DICKENS COUNTRY