The George and Vulture is a

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in London. There has been an inn on the site, which is off Lombard Street in the historic

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district, since 1142.The "George and Vulture" in "Pickwick Papers" Cedric Charles Dickens Pub. by Dickens Publishing (1995) pg 10 It was said to be a meeting place of the notorious Hell-Fire Club and is now a revered City chop house. It is mentioned at least 20 times in the 1837 novel ''

The Pickwick Papers ''The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club'' (also known as ''The Pickwick Papers'') was Charles Dickens's first novel. Because of his success with ''Sketches by Boz'' published in 1836, Dickens was asked by the publisher Chapman & Hall to s ...

'' by

Charles Dickens Charles John Huffam Dickens (; 7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian e ...

, who frequently drank there himself. The George and Vulture has been the headquarters of the City Pickwick Club since its foundation. When it was threatened with demolition, Cedric Charles Dickens, the author's great-grandson, campaigned to save it. Since 1950 it has been the home of his Dickens Pickwick Club and, in the same year, it became the venue for the

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gathering, in the Dickens Room. The George and Vulture is a

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building, dating back to the early 18th century. It is now run by

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(Tadcaster).The George and Vulture
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Charles Dickens London – The George And Vulture
{{DEFAULTSORT:George and Vulture Commercial buildings completed in 1748 Grade II listed pubs in the City of London Charles Dickens The Pickwick Papers Hellfire Club