Plaque

Anthony Trollope - pillar box - Pall Mall

Inscription

This plaque commemorates the bicentenary of the birth of Anthony Trollope (1815 - 1882), who introduced pillar boxes to the United Kingdom in 1852.

In I855 this street became one of the first in London to have a pillar box.

5 similar plaques have been erected.

Site: Anthony Trollope - pillar box - Pall Mall (1 memorial)

SW1, Pall Mall

Nothing to do with this memorial but interesting nonetheless, while researching this pillar box we found a March 2019 demonstration on Google Street View.

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Anthony Trollope - pillar box - Pall Mall

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Anthony Trollope

Author of over 50 delightful novels. Born at 16 Keppel Street. Worked for the...

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