Plaque

Anthony Trollope - pillar box - Strand

Erection date: 2015

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 1855 this street became one of the first in London to have a pillar box.

5 similar plaques have been erected.

Site: Kings College + Trollope pillar box (2 memorials)

WC2, Strand, King's College

This King's College's Strand Building designed by E. D. Jefferiss Mathews in the Brutalist style opened in 1972.

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Anthony Trollope

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

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Royal Mail

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Kings College - Strand

Kings College - Strand

The college was founded by King George IV in 1829.

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