SEVEN DIALS IN THE 19TH CENTURY

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seven dials

Seven Dials boasts a rich and varied history, and in the 1820s the area was a notorious slum district with a fearsome reputation. Charles Dickens was fascinated by the sordid squalor of Seven Dials and the area was immortalised in his illusive tale, Bell’s Life of London.

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