Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Lewis Carroll's Birthplace

Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, better known by his pen name Lewis Carroll, was born on 27 January 1832 at Daresbury, Warrington. He was an English writer of children's fiction, notably Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel Through the Looking-Glass. He was also noted for his facility with wordplay, logic, and fantasy. The poems Jabberwocky and The Hunting of the Snark are classified in the genre of literary nonsense. He was also a mathematician, photographer, inventor, and Anglican deacon. The parsonage where Charles was born was approximately 1.5 miles from the village. Today when visitors stroll up the narrow path, flanked by fields, they will see that all that remains is a ground-level brick outline depicting where the original building once stood, as unfortunately the building was destroyed by fire over 100 years ago. Wrought iron sculptures now outline where the parsonage once stood and intricate iron workings with a dormouse design, cover a well. Charles left Daresbury at the age of 11 but could this be the same well that helped inspire him to write Alice’s adventures some years later? We will begin the tour at the site of the parsonage before walking along a portion of his boyhood walk to the Lewis Carroll Centre at All Saint's Church in Daresbury VIllage. Let's discuss our favourite quotes and view the Alice-themed stained glass windows. Don't forget your jam tarts!