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Charles Dickens, William Shakespeare, and George Inn, Southwark black plaque
Charles Dickens · Novelist
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“The George Inn. It is known that the George Inn existed in the late 16th Century although the present building dates from 1677. Both Shakespeare and Dickens knew the hospitality of the inn which has continued right up to the present day. The inn is now owned by The National Trust”
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1812-70
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73 Borough High Street, Southwark, SE1
SE1
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Charles Dickens
novelist, journalist, policeman, son of John Dickens, son of Elizabeth Dickens, and friend of Thomas Latimer · (1812-1870)
William Shakespeare
actor, playwright, father of Susanna Hall, husband of Anne Hathaway, son of John Shakespeare, son of Mary Shakespeare, father of Judith Shakespeare, and father of Hamnet Shakespeare · (1564-1616)
George Inn, Southwark
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