The character Grip was based on a raven kept as a pet by Dickens.[5] The raven inspired Edgar Allan Poe to write his most famous poem, "The Raven".[6]
Dickens based the Maypole Tavern on the Kings Head, Chigwell,[7] a 17th-century public house, situated on High Road, opposite the entrance to Roding Lane.
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