Carroll Sites

This page contains information about Carroll/Alice related sites. Not all sites will have photos, but we'll do what we can. There is much to add to this page. Be patient or better yet, send information on other sites (that's real not virtual).

Sites still needed include: Croft, Warrington, and Mad Hatter Tea Shoppes everywhere.

Carroll Connections

Oxford

• The Scholar's Oxford - take the walking tour.
• As we stop on our trip down the Thames at Godstow
• The official Christchurch College, Oxford information page with links to photos of Tom Quad. the elm walk, the meadow, and the cathedral. Take a look.
• A history of Christchurch College, Oxford complete with photos of Tom Tower. the meadow, and Peckwater Quad. Well worth visiting.
• Christchurch College Oxford viewed from the deanery garden. 339KB resident in Italy. Photo by Claudio Fanin.
• Christchurch College Oxford viewed from the front gate. 275KB resident in Italy. Photo by Claudio Fanin.
• The Alice in the Great Hall at Christchurch.
• Alice's Shop which is the source of the Old Sheep Shop in Looking-Glass.

Daresbury

• The Village of Daresbury on the Cheshire Ring.
• Great photos of the memorial stained glass windows at Daresbury taken by Cameron Newham. OR visit his homepage and wander from there.
• The Lord Daresbury Hotel used to have a more Carrollian theme and decor.
• The caterpillar stained glass window in Daresbury.
• A claim for the source of the Cheshire Cat. It is only more convincing than the cat carving in Croft because it is in Cheshire. I think the Croft cat is a better model as it literally disappears leaving a grin as you change your viewpoint. The saying, grinning like a Cheshire Cat, precedes Carroll and is the basis for the cat's name, but not his nature.
• A guide to Cheshire

Croft and vicinity

• Croft-on-Tees where Lewis Carroll was raised as a young boy.
• Whitburn where Lewis Carroll wrote The Walrus and the Carpenter and Jabberwocky.

Guildford

• A plea for the Surrey council to buy The Chestnuts. Forget the typo (by/buy) the idea was great. Unfortunately it did not come to fruition. Too bad.
• Pointers to Carroll's grave, his photo equipment, Christ Church Oxford, the Alice in Wonderland statue in Llandudno, Wales (complete with cage to keep it safe from vandals), and the Treacle Well at Binsey (be careful you don't fall in).
• Carroll sites in Guildford.
• A photo of The Chestnuts in Guildford.
• Guildford Museum.
• Guildford home page.
• A Guildford page by a resident Carroll lover.

About 5 years ago, my wife, daughter and I spent three weeks on our own 'touring' England. We spent nearly a week in the environs of Chester, in Cheshire Province, and seeing a few pamphlets in a local gift shop about Daresbury being the birthplace of Lewis Carroll, we hopped upon a 'local' bus that trundled through the countryside to Daresbury (took most of an hour). We visited the little church, where the Deacon was delighted to see some 'real' tourists. We ate in the little pub (only one in Daresbury) just down the road. It's a charming, picturesque little village, looking probably not all that much different than it did during Carroll's childhood. The houses don't have 'street numbers', just quaint 'names', after the people who lived there. One of them has a weathervane, with different 'characters' from Alice In Wonderland on each of the compass points, and a 'brick' barn in a nearby field has a 'cheshire cat' in bas relief as an 'insert' in the masonry.

For another 'view' of Carroll, you can take a train from Chester along the northern coast of Wales to Llandudno, where the Liddell family used to spend summers. You can walk the beach where, supposedly, Carroll first related the early 'pieces' of the Alice tale to the Liddell girls. At one point on the beach, there is a marble statue of the White Rabbit (about 5 ft. high). When we saw it, it was missing one ear. We hope it's been fixed.

Nice to see someone else fascinated with the enigmatic author of Alice and Through the Looking Glass.

Eastbourne

• Carroll plaque unveiled at 7 Lushington Rd. on March 7, 1996. The building now houses a dental practice.
• A general (non-Carroll) Eastbourne page.

Sites That Pay Homage To Carroll

London

• Poets Corner at Westminster Cathedral. There is a memorial stone laid there. I hope to have a graphic of this.

Llandudno, Wales

• The Alice in Wonderland Statue
• Llandudno, Wales . The Liddell family vacationed here, but I think everyone agrees Carroll never went there and certainly didn't write Alice's Adventures there.
• The Rabbit Hole is a gift shop with a Wonderland walk-through exhibit. And another reference (Llandudno, Gwynedd).

Other UK

• The Alice in Wonderland Maze and Family Park at Hurn, near Bournemouth.
• Mad Hatter and Queen of Hearts statues in Sheffield.

New York

• The Alice statue in Central Park NYC (250K). I have had several requests for photos of this popular monument. And here's some more info on itand another detail.
• The Alice Fountain in Central Park NYC (170K). This one is less known, but also interesting. It used to be in disrepair in a far corner of the park, but it has been cleaned up and moved near the above statue. Cudos to the parks department for righting a wrong.

Oregon

• The Children's Museum of Eastern Oregon opened August 1. One of its important exhibits is Literature: Alice in Wonderland. As you enter through the rabbit hole, you can read the history of the Alice books and a biography of Carroll, and view photos of Alice Liddell and the Reverend Dodgson. Canvas paintings of the important characters are displayed throughout (based on Tenniel's illustrations), accompanied by appropriate quotations. The Cheshire Cat sits in his tree, and periodically disappears, leaving his grin. The Caterpillar and the Tea Party are rendered in 3-D. A visitor to the centerpiece Ames Distorted Room appears to grow and shrink like Alice, when viewed through the oversized keyhole. And Alice is actually going through the looking-glass mantel. Sections are devoted to the poetry of the Alice books (nonsense, parody-with originals, acrostic, and shaped or configured), riddles, line puzzles, brain teasers, optical illusions, mirror writing (including Jabberwocky as Alice found it), and chess. There is a computerized chess set with instructions on how to play, plus an assortment of chess puzzles (Martin Gardner was an invaluable resource for the whole exhibit). There are even giant chess pieces to move on the checkerboard floor.

  Like all Children's Museums, this is meant to be a hands-on, interactive experience that appeals to all ages. Not all of the features mentioned above will be on display at all times. The exhibit will move on to another classic of children's literature in a few years. Other museum exhibits include The Great Outdoors, All Aboard Train, Air and Space Education, Theater, Toddler Exploration Zone, Bubbles, Music Room, Medical/Dental:Explore Your Body, Shadow Room, Physical Sciences, The Barn/Rodeo, Grocery Store, Disabilities Experience, and The Art Room.

  The Museum is located in the Round-Up City: Pendleton, Oregon, at 400 S. Main Street. Hours are 10-5 Mon, Thur, Fri, and Sat, and Sun 1-4. More information is available by writing the Museum at P.O. Box 1723, Pendleton, OR 97801, phoning at (541)276-1066, or E-mail me at erickson@ucinet.com.

  Thanks for helping us get the word out. We know fans of Alice will want to visit us when they are in the Northwest.

  Laura Gordon
  Children's Museum of Eastern Oregon

California

• The Alice attraction at Disneyland.
• A review of the Alice ride. Do you think his/her mother was scared by a caterpillar when she was pregnant? If nothing else I met some interesting people while waiting on line.

Establishments with a Carroll/Alice Theme (or maybe just an Alice Name