Plaque

Rowland Hill - W2

Erection date: 1907

Inscription

Sir Rowland Hill, 1795 - 1879, postal reformer, lived here.
LCC

Site: Rowland Hill - W2 (1 memorial)

W2, Orme Square, 1

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Rowland Hill - W2

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Sir Rowland Hill

Initiator of the uniform Penny Post in 1840. Due to him Britain was the first...

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Rowland Hill - W2

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London County Council

Prior to the LCC London matters were run by church parishes. The LCC was the ...

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