What is recorded here
This black commemorative plaque records: The Bull Hotel This "good house" with "nice beds" described by Mr. Jingle in "Pickwick Papers", is also "The Blue Boar" in "Great Expectations".
Charles Dickens, a renowned English novelist, featured The Bull Hotel in his works as "The Blue Boar" in "Great Expectations" and as the place described by Mr. Jingle in "The Pickwick Papers", highlighting its significance in Victorian literature.
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