History

This Penny Black History section brings together the information sheets available as part of the education pack.

It can be useful for setting pupils online research tasks within a limited online environment. No links from this section go outside the BPMA website, with most linking to the Penny Black Gallery to illustrate certain words in the text.

Topics from The Penny Black Changed the World

• Rowland Hill
  
  
• The Penny Black
  
  
• Transport
  
  
• Victorian Innovations
  
  
• Penny Black Glossary
  

You may also find useful information in our Exhibitions section, in particular in these exhibitions:

• Brunel Speeding the Mail
• Moving the Mail: Horses to Horsepower
• Victorian Innovation