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.
SW7, Rutland Gate
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Anthony Trollope - pillar box - Rutland Gate
Author of over 50 delightful novels. Born at 16 Keppel Street. Worked for the...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Anthony Trollope - pillar box - Rutland Gate
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In Salcombe House near this site, lived Arthur Morrison (1863 - 1945) author, and writer on Japanese art. Loughton Town Council
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William Felton's carriage works was close to this spot. In 1803 he built a carriage powered by a steam engine designed and supplied by Ri...
Gilbert Keith Chesterton, 1874 - 1936, poet, novelist and critic, lived here. London County Council
The plaque is in exactly the same style as the two above so rather than show that we have chosen to show the sculpture. Â However it was o...
