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
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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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