{On the front of the red granite plinth:}
Rowland Hill
He founded uniform penny postage, 1840.
EC1, Edward Street
This statue was first erected in front of the Royal Exchange and was moved here in 1923. The plaque is on the wall that you can see between the statue and the phone box.
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Rowland Hill statue
From January 1840 letters could be sent anywhere in the UK for one penny. Fro...
Initiator of the uniform Penny Post in 1840. Due to him Britain was the first...
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Rowland Hill statue
Born Islington as Edward Onslow Ford, but he dropped the Edward. Studied Antw...
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Rowland Hill statue
Donated by Henry Doulton and created in terracotta by Tinworth, who worked at...
