Ordnance Terrace, Chatham
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Ordnance Terrace, Chatham
Image: © Marathon Taken: 23 Jul 2011
Number 2 Ordnance Terrace, Chatham, in the centre here, was the home of Charles Dickens from 1817 to 1822. Charles Dickens was born in 1812 and he lived between the ages of five and ten in Ordnance Terrace. This was before Chatham station was built just opposite. He subsequently described it as the happiest period of his childhood, and eventually returned to the area in adulthood when he bought the house of Gad's Hill near Higham.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.379979
Longitude
0.519591