This plaque commemorates the bicentenary of the birth of Anthony Trollope (1815 - 1882), who introduced pillar boxes to the United Kingdom in 1852.
In 1855 this street became one of the first in London to have a pillar box.
5 similar plaques have been erected.
EC4, Fleet Street
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Anthony Trollope - pillar box - Fleet Street
Author of over 50 delightful novels. Born at 16 Keppel Street. Worked for the...
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Anthony Trollope - pillar box - Fleet Street
Before the 2012 Olympics started the Royal Mail committed to turn a red post ...
This plaque summarises the history of the Hospital and celebrates the opening of the new school in 1875.
There is an identical plaque at the entrance to the tunnel on the north bank of the Thames.
The gray plaque is above the entrance to the windmill museum; the brown plaque is at the centre of the four windows towards the left of o...
The incident commemorated takes place in the first Sherlock Holmes story "A Study in Scarlett" published in 1887. See the plaque at the C...
