Plaque

William Dockwra

Photograph by: London Remembers

Inscription

Near this place William Dockwra founded the London Penny Post in 1680.
Corporation of the City of London

Site: William Dockwra (1 memorial)

EC3, Lime Street

The top of the plaque can just be seen in our photo, to the right of the left-most yellow cone.

From Earsathome: Dockwra and his partner "had a Head Office in Lime Street and 7 sorting offices. In two years it had grown to four to five hundred receiving houses, with messengers who delivered between 5 and 15 times daily."

Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in here to see them

This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
William Dockwra

Subjects commemorated i

Penny Post

First established in London in 1680 by William Dockwra and his business partn...

William Dockwra

Merchant who along with his partner Robert Murray created the first Penny Pos...

This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
William Dockwra

Created by i

Corporation of the City of London

The municipal governing body of the City of London. Officially the 'Mayor and...

See other memorials in the area

Nearby Memorials

William Ranwell

SE18, Hillreach, 42

We have found that the plaque was unveiled by the Mayor of Greenwich, but there is no indication that Greenwich Council actually erected it.

1 subject commemorated

View on map

Garden of rest

TW1, Holly Road

Holly Road Garden of rest This garden was first laid out for public use in 1953. From 1782 it had served as a burial ground for the Pari...

8 subjects commemorated

View on map

John Inman

W9, Robert Close, 4

Plaque unveiled by Wendy Richard, David Croft and Ron Lynch (his partner). It is located at the end of a 'gated' estate, hence the slight...

2 subjects commemorated, 1 creator

View on map

G R Woodward

N6, Archway Road, St Augustine of Canterbury

We believe that the Roman numeral date is untranslatable and ought to be MCMXXXIV, which would translate as 1934, Woodward's year of deat...

1 subject commemorated

View on map

Cardinal Newman - WC1

WC1, Southampton Place, 17

Here, in early life, lived John Henry Cardinal Newman. Born 1801 : Died 1890.

1 subject commemorated

View on map