Erection date: 1923
Inscription
{On the front of the red granite plinth:}
Rowland Hill
He founded uniform penny postage, 1840.
Site: Rowland Hill statue and 2 Edwards (2 memorials)
EC1, King Edward Street
The statue was first erected in front of the Royal Exchange, about where Peabody now is. have a photo of it there c.1910 with the Royal Exchange on the left (though captioned as King Edward Street). It was moved to King Edward Street in 1923.
The plaque is on the wall that you can see between the statue and the phone box.
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