Plaque

(lost) Rowland Hill - NW3 - second erection

Erection date: 1892

Inscription

Rowland Hill, KCB, originator of the Penny Post, lived here, 1849 - 1879. Born 1795. Died 1879.
{Almost hidden in the decorative border:}
Erected by the Society of Arts

{On the small brass plaque below:}
The above plaque was first erected by the Royal Society of Arts in 1892 and moved to its present location in May 1978. 

The 1892 erection must have been on the house in which Hill lived and died, Bartram House, demolished 1905. One wonders where the plaque was from then until 1978. If it had been on the Hampstead General Hospital we think that would have been mentioned on the brass plaque.

Site: Rowland Hill - NW3 - second erection (1 memorial)

NW3, Hampstead Green, Royal Free Hospital

The Camden New Journal of 24 February 2022 reported that when this car park was flattened to make way for the Pears building the plaque was removed. On 17 February 2022 it was re-erected in "a public garden space accessible via Rowland Hill Street". 

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Bartram House

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Penny Post

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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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Royal Society of Arts

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