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Dundela Villas › St Mark’s Church › Little Lea › Campbell College
Dundela Villas
47 Dundela Avenue
On 29 November 1898, C.S. Lewis is born in Dundela Villas, a pair of semi-detached houses known as Dundela on the outskirts of Belfast. In April 1905 the Lewis family moves to a larger home called ‘Little Lea’. The Villas were torn down in 1952. Now there are located some apartments named Dundela Flats.
St Mark’s Church
217 Holywood Road
Lewis attends St Mark’s Church in Dundela on a regular basis as a child. There he is baptized on 29 January 1899 and confirmed on 6 December 1914.
Little Lea
76 Circular Road
Little Lea is Lewis’s home from April 1905. After the death of their father, the Lewis brothers sell Little Lea in June 1930.
Campbell College
Belmond Road
September 1910, Lewis is sent to Campbell College, located about a mile from his home ‘Little Lea’. He spends little time at Campbell as he falls ill in November 1910. January 1911, Lewis is sent to Cherbourg Preparatory School in Malvern.