What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: Lewis Carroll. Rev. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson pen name Lewis Carroll, author of Alice in Wonderland, satyed at Holy Trinity Rectory in 1872 and 1887 visiting his sister Mary who lived here with her husband the Rev. Collingwood, rector of this parish.
Rev Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, writing under the pen name Lewis Carroll, is renowned for his whimsical works like "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland," which have become classics of children’s literature and significant contributions to Victorian-era fiction.
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