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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.