Star Hotel, Great Yarmouth his tenure he made several improvements to the tavern, adding a billiard room and dining room to replace the stable block. In 1848 Charles Dickens visited and stayed in Great Yarmouth while gathering material for his book "David Copperfield" and many of the town's buildings have their place in the book including the "Star", which becomes the Inn where David and Steerforth stayed. In 1819, the "Star Tavern" was the Yarmouth terminus for the royal mail coach, which left for London every day at 2:00 pm. By 1845, the tavern was also the terminus for mail for Birmingham, and a
Charles Wilkins (writer) Charles Wilkins (writer) Charles Wilkins (1831–1913) was a writer and editor. Wilkins was born in Stonehouse, Gloucestershire, but lived for most of his life in Merthyr Tydfil, where he worked first as a postmaster's clerk to his father, and as a librarian for twenty years. As a writer, Wilkins' published output includes "The History of the Literature of Wales from 1300 to 1650" (1884), "The History of the Iron, Steel, Tinplate and Other Trades of Wales" (1903), and "The History of Merthyr Tydfil" (1867 and 1908). He also wrote extensively for newspapers, and from 1882 to 1887 was editor for