Eating out with Charles Dickens
Dickens Fellowships:
  • The Dickens Fellowship  - a worldwide association of people who share an interest in the life and works of Charles Dickens
    UK Fellowships:     USA Fellowships:
  • Chicago - USA. Regional Dickens Fellowship

 
Dickens related buildings:
 
Public Houses/Restaurants/Hotels and their Dickens connection as mentioned in the book:
  • Rules  - London's oldest restaurant. Dickens was a regular visitor to Rules as he had a nearby office whilst editing his magazine "All The Year Round".
  • The Royal Albion Hotel  - Broadstairs, Kent. Dickens stayed at the hotel during summers of 1839, 1840, 1845, 1849 & 1859.
  • The Lamb  - Bloomsbury, London. Dickens used the Lamb whilst living at nearby Doughty Street.
  • The Flask  - Highgate, London. David Copperfield - Book II Chpt XLII.
  • The Old Ship Hotel  - Brighton, Sussex. Dickens stayed at the hotel on 26th February 1841.
  • The Royal Hotel  - Deal, Kent. "Bleak House" Book II Chpt. XLV.
  • The White Horse  - Dorking, Surrey. "Pickwick Papers" Book II Chpt. XXXIII.
  • The George Hotel  - Amesbury, Wiltshire. "Martin Chuzzelwit" Book I Chpt. III.
  • The Red Lion  - Basingstoke, Hampshire. "Martin Chuzzelwit" Book II Chpt. XXXVI.
  • The Red Lion  - Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire. "Our Mutual Friend" Book IV Chpt I.
  • The Castle Hotel  - Taunton, Somerset. Dickens stayed at the hotel on 3rd November 1842.
  • The Red Lion  - Salisbury, Wiltshire. "Martin Chuzzelwit" Book I Chpt. V.
  • Royal Hop Pole Hotel  - Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire. "Pickwick Papers" Book II Chpt L.
  • The Plough Inn  - Lowestoft, Suffolk. "David Copperfield" Book I Chpt. III.
  • The Angel Hotel  - Bury St. Edmonds, Suffolk. "Pickwick Papers" Book I Chpt. XVI.
  • The Village Maid  - Lound, Suffolk. "David Copperfield" Book I Chpt. III.
  • The George  - Stamford, Lincolnshire. One of the great coaching inns on the Great North Road, Dickens would have stopped and rested many times on his journey's north.
  • The Bell Inn Hotel  - Stilton, Cambridgeshire. "Nicholas Nickleby" Book I Chpt V.
  • Ye Old Bulls Head Inn  - Anglesey, Gwynedd. "The Uncommercial Traveller".
  • The Hand Hotel  - Llangollen, Clwyd. Charles Dickens stayed on 2nd Nov 1838.
  • The Reindeer Inn  - Newark, Nottinghamshire. "Nicholas Nickleby" Book I Chpt VI.
  • The Three Swans Hotel - Market Harborough, Leicestershire  - Market Harborough, Leicestershire. "Bleak House" Book I Chpt XVIII.
  • The Lion Hotel  - Shrewsbury, Shropshire. Charles Dickens stayed on 1st November 1838.
  • The Swan Hotel  - Stafford, Staffordshire. Reprinted Pieces - A Plated Article.
  • The Kings Arms Hotel  - Berwick-on-Tweed, Northumberland. Charles Dickens stayed 26th September 1858 then again on 25th November 1861 when he also gave a Reading.
  • Ancient Unicorn Inn  - Bowes, Co Durham. Charles Dickens stayed in February 1838 whilst working on Nicholas Nickleby.
  • The County Hotel  - Carlisle, Cumbria. Charles Dickens stayed on 11th September 1857.
  • Queen Hotel  - Chester, Cheshire. Charles Dickens stayed January 1867, he gave a reading at a nearby Music Hall in Werberg St.
  • The George Hotel  - Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. Charles Dickens stayed on 8th Sept 1858 whilst on a reading tour.
  • The Mill Inn  - Penrith, Cumbria. "Christmas Stories" Book II Chpt II.
  • The Royal Station Hotel  - Newcastle, Northumberland. Charles Dickens stayed on 24th September 1858.
  • The Royal Hotel  - Bridge-of-Allam, Stirlingshire. Charles Dickens stayed on 21st Feb 1867.
  • Kings House Hotel  - Glencoe, Argyll. Charles Dickens stayed on 9th July 1841 whilst touring Scotland.
  • Omni Parker House  - Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Charles Dickens stayed at the hotel on his second visit to USA in 1867.
  • Delmonico's   - New York, USA. Charles Dickens attented a banquet on 14th April 1868 at the end of his Reading tour.
  • The Golden Lamb  - Lebanon, Ohio, USA. Charles Dickns stopped at the inn for dinner on 20th April 1842.
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