b'Notable Properties (1855-81) but visited Guildford frequently and spent his later life living here with his sisters. The arrival of the The past 100 years have seen so many propertiesrailways meant he could live here but easily travel to listed and sold, but some will always beOxford. He died in the house on the 14th January 1898 remembered for being special and unique.and was buried in The Mount Cemetery. The family remained there until 1919.The Chestnuts, Castle HillIn 1997 Clarke Gammon received instructions to market one of Guildfords most historic and uniquely located family homes, The Chestnuts, the former family home of Lewis Carroll from 1868 to 1898. A Grade II listed four storey town house built in late Georgian style and situated within the old Norman Castle grounds was being marketed at a price guide of 750,000 for the first time in 40 years. The Reverend Charles Lutwidge Commemorative memorial plaqueDodgson (Lewis Carrolls real name) was the eldest of 11 and upon his fathers death, came to Guildford to look for a suitable home for his seven sisters and took on the lease of The Chestnuts in 1868, being newly built circa 1862, on the site of the old town jail, at the rent of 73 a year. In his later years Dodgson devoted much time to teaching in Guildford and would preach sermons at St Marys Church close to the house. Lewis Carroll, best known as author of Alices Adventures in Wonderland and Alice Through the Bronze sculptures depicting Alice through the Looking Glass and Looking-Glass, was a Mathematics Lecturer at OxfordAlice and the White Rabbit next to the river'