Charles Dickens' honeymoon cottage

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The photograph on this page of Charles Dickens' honeymoon cottage by Marathon as part of the Geograph project.

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Charles Dickens' honeymoon cottage

Image: © Marathon Taken: 19 Nov 2022

The plaque over the door of this cottage in Chalk states that this house is where Charles Dickens spent his honeymoon in 1836. The house looking across Chalk Road can be seen at https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/7348434 Nearby is Joe Gargery's forge, as featured in Great Expectations - see www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6223606

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