Sir Rowland Le Grand Bridgeman Art Library / Leeds Museums and Galleries (City Art Gallery) U.K. / Kenneth Armitage Foundation turns into the station

turns into the station

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View of the back of a house in Chick Lane

View of almshouses in Cock Court

Interior view of Inner Temple Hall

Sir Rowland Le Grand Bridgeman Art Library / Leeds Museums and Galleries (City Art Gallery) U.K. / Kenneth Armitage Foundation turns into the station'Sir Rowland Le Grand', 1864. Britannia crowns Sir Rowland Hill with a laurel wreath. Sir Rowland founded the present postal system when, in 1840, he suggested that all letters should be prepaid, and introduced the postage stamp. It was his initiative that led to the introduction of the Post Office Savings Bank. In the background can be seen all the people from home and abroad who had benefited from these changes. From Punch, or the London Charivari,