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