Timeline of places and houses where Wallace lived
By George Beccaloni
Dates
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House and/or place
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8 January 1823-1828
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Lives in Kensington Cottage, Usk, Monmouthshire (Wallace was born here).
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1828-early 1837
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Five childhood homes in Hertford and Hertford Grammar School.
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Early 1837-summer 1837
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Lives with his brother John in Robert Street, London.
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Summer 1837-December 1843
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Works as a land-surveyor and travels widely in England and Wales.
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Early 1844-Easter 1845
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Boards in the Headmaster’s House at the Collegiate School, Leicester.
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Easter 1845-early 1848
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Lives in Neath, Wales (he initially lodges with Mr. Thomas Sims; then rents Llantwit Cottage).
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26 April 1848-1 October 1852
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Spends four years travelling in South America.
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Christmas 1852-March 1854
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Rents 44 Upper Albany Street, London.
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March 1854-April 1862
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Spends eight years travelling in South East Asia and whilst there writes his famous "Sarawak Law" and "Ternate" papers.
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April 1862-April 1865
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Stays with his sister and her husband at 5 Westbourne Grove Terrace, London.
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April 1865-mid 1867;
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Rents 9 St. Mark’s Crescent, Regent’s Park, London.
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Mid 1867-summer 1868
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Stays at Treeps in Hurstpierpoint, Sussex (Wallace’s father-in-law’s house).
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25 March 1870-25 March 1872
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Rents Holly House, Tanner Street, Barking.
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25 March 1872-July 1876
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Builds and lives in The Dell, Grays, Essex.
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July 1876-March 1878
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Rents Rose Hill, Dorking, Surrey.
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March 1878-1880
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Rents Waldron Edge, Duppas Hill, Croydon.
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1880-May 1881
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Rents Pen-y-Bryn, Croydon.
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May 1881-June 1889
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Designs, builds and lives in Nutwood Cottage, Godalming, Surrey.
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June 1889-December 1902
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Rents, then buys Corfe View, Parkstone, Dorset.
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December 1902-7 November 1913
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Designs, builds and lives in Old Orchard, Broadstone, Dorset (Wallace dies here).
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