
bronze plaque
Anthony Trollope bronze plaque
Anthony Trollope · Novelist
Inscription
“This plaque commemorates the bicentenary of the birth of Anthony Trollope (1815 - 1882), who introduced pillar boxes to the United Kingdom in 1852. In 1855 this street became one of the first in London to have a pillar box”
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1815-82
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Erected 2015
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