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 (leaves school aged 14 on 18 March 1837).
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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 with brother William and travels widely in England and Wales. Becomes interested in botany in c. 1842 in Neath.
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Early 1844-Easter 1845
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Boards in the Headmaster’s House at the Collegiate School, Leicester. Meets Henry Walter Bates.
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Easter 1845-early 1848
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William dies. Moves to Neath, Wales (he initially lodges with Mr 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 with Bates.
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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" (1855) and "Ternate" (1858) papers. He leaves Singapore for England on the 8th February 1862.
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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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