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Title: The Parlour, 2 East Villas, Upton Park. About 1875 [Go to resource]
Description: George Bentley was born in 1828 and died in 1895. George was the son of the publisher, Richard Bentley (1794-1871). Richard Bentley founded Bentley Publishers with his brother Samuel (1785-1868) in about 1819. The family publishing firm was most famously the publisher of Charles Dickens' book Oliver Twist. Richard paid Dickens £1000 to write the book. On Richard's death, George inherited the publishing business, which included Dickens' novels and a London evening newspaper. This is an edited version of the image. See sl-sl-2567_eastvillas-i-00-000.tif to see the full version. Format: image/jpeg License: http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.exe?a=query&p=gateway&f=generic_sitetext%2ehtm&_IXFIRST_=1&_IXMAXHITS_=1&cms_con_core_subtype%3acms_con_text_what=copyright&%3acms_sys_group=%22sopse%22 Rights holder: Slough Library Subjects: Houses
Upton Park ; East Villas ; George Bentley ; Richard Bentley ; Bentley Publishers ;Temporal: start=1860-01-01; end=1887-12-31; Source: Sense of place SE Creator: Copy by Reg Harrison Identifier: http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.... Language: en-GB Format: image/jpeg Go to resource More Like this...
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