J4691 : Victorian wall box (BT38 286) near Whitehead (1)

taken 10 years ago, near to Whitehead, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland

Victorian wall box (BT38 286) near Whitehead (1)
Victorian wall box (BT38 286) near Whitehead (1)
A Victorian wall box on the Rawbrae Road, close to Quay Lane. I noted the number (BT38 286) at the time of the photograph and verified it by zooming in on the photograph. The official number is given, elsewhere, as BT38 337. J4691 : Victorian wall box (BT38 286) near Whitehead (2) shows the box in its geographical setting.
Postboxes, rest of Northern Ireland

A series of photographs showing some of the postboxes, in the rest of Northern Ireland, within postcodes BT16-94. LinkExternal link shows the postboxes within Belfast.

Victorian Postboxes

In the British Isles the first pillar post boxes were erected in Jersey in 1852. Roadside wall boxes first appeared in 1857 as a cheaper alternative to pillar boxes, especially in rural districts. In 1853 the first pillar box in Britain was installed at Botchergate, Carlisle. In 1856 Richard Redgrave of the Department of Science and Art designed an ornate pillar box for use in London and other large cities. In 1859 the design was improved, and this became the first National Standard pillar box. Green was adopted as the standard colour for the early Victorian post boxes. Between 1866 and 1879 the hexagonal Penfold post box became the standard design for pillar boxes and it was during this period that red was first adopted as the standard colour. The first boxes to be painted red were in London in July 1874, although it would be nearly 10 years before all the boxes had been repainted.

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Date Taken
Tuesday, 22 April, 2014   (more nearby)
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Tuesday, 22 April, 2014
Geographical Context
Business, Retail, Services  Communications 
Place (from Tags)
Whitehead 
Postbox (from Tags)
Wall Box 
Primary Subject of Photo
Postbox 
Subject Location
Irish: geotagged! J 462 914 [100m precision]
WGS84: 54:44.9716N 5:43.7635W
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Irish: geotagged! J 462 914
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West-northwest (about 292 degrees)
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