Little Britain, London

Little Britain, London

Little Britain is a street in the City of London running from St. Martin's Le Grand in the east to West Smithfield in the west. It is the northern boundary of St Bartholomew's Hospital.

Historically, Little Britain referred to a district in the City, including this street. It is mentioned in Charles Dickens' book Great Expectations as the location of Jaggers' office.

Washington Irving described this district in The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon published in 1820. The opening paragraph is:

His full text is available at [http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Sketchbook_of_Geoffrey_Crayon/Little_Britain WikiSource] .

Further reading

* [http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Sketchbook_of_Geoffrey_Crayon/Little_Britain Little Britain by Washington Irving, at WikiSource]


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