Near this place William Dockwra founded the London Penny Post in 1680.
Corporation of the City of London
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 : 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."
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
William Dockwra
First established in London in 1680 by William Dockwra and his business partn...
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
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Site of St Mary Moorfields, Pro Cathedral of the Roman Catholic Church 1852 - 1870. Corporation of London
Louis Kossuth, 1802 - 1894, Hungarian patriot, stayed here. London County Council
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