The London of Chaplin’s Youth
- York Road
CC lived at number 164 with Hodges family, 1865. - 14 Lambeth Square
CC’s mother lived here, May 1890 - Canterbury Music Hall, Westminster Bridge Road
CC recalled seeing father perform here - Christchurch, Westminster Bridge Road
CC’s mother and paternal grandfather baptized here as adults, 10 January 1898. - South London Palace, 92 London Road, Lambeth
Hannah appeared in a benefit performance here on 27 May 1886, and Charles Chaplin Senior frequently performed. Chaplin also remembered that this was where he first saw a Karno company, about 1903. - West Square
CC’s parents lived together here, c. 1890. - Broad Street, (now Black Prince Road)
Spencer Chaplin CC’s uncle, landlord of Queen’s Head, c. 1890–1900 - 3 Pownall Terrace
CC lived here with mother, early 1903. - Kennington Road
CC lived with Mr and Mrs Alfred Jackson at 5 Kenningon Mansions, 23 April–3 May, 1900 - Renfrew Road
Lambeth Workhouse - Chester Street
CC lived here with mother, and worked in barber’s shop, c. 1901 - 289 Kennington Road
CC and Sydney stayed here with father and ‘Louise’, September–November (?) 1898. - 39 Methley Street
CC’s mother lived here, November 1898–August 1899 and subsequently. - Kennington Park
Mrs Chaplin and her sons spent the day of their ‘escape’ from the Lambeth Workhouse here, in August 1898. - 10 Farmer’s Road (now Kennington Park Gardens)
CC’s mother lodging here, July 1898. - Brixton Road
CC and Sydney rented a flat here, in Glenshaw Mansions, 1906–1912. - 57 Brandon Street
CC’s parents living here at time of Sydney Chaplin’s birth (16 March 1885) and their marriage (22 June 1885). - St John’s Church, Larcom Street
CC’s parents married here 22 June 1885; Sydney baptized here - 11 Camden Street (now Morcambe Street)
CC’s maternal grandparent’s living here at time of Hannah Chaplin’s birth, 1865. - 68 Camden Street
CC’s parents living here, March 1890. - East Street
CC believed he was born here 16 April 1889.