White plaque on 7 Market Square for Charles Dickens 1850.

"Here while searching for his aunt Betsey Trotwood David Copperfield rested on the doorstep and ate the loaf he had just bought. Charles Dickens 1850"

The bakery immediately after publication identified as Igglesden and Graves. John Igglesden had opened the bakery in 1788 and his descendants went into partnership with the Graves family. In 1905, with the building of Lloyds Bank next door, the baker’s shop was rebuilt by C E Beaufoy in a mock Tudor style. The bakery was then expanded to include a restaurant and the business was there until 1967. The premises were then sold to John Wilkins, who also had bought properties in the adjacent Church Street for redevelopment. However, he ensured that the Igglesden and Graves façade remained. The premises were subsequently occupied by stationer Dennis Weaver before becoming a café in 1993.

Lorraine Sencicle, 2016, The Dover Historian - Charles Dickens and Dover. (Website). SKE32088.