Dorset Postboxes – Dorchester
| Fri, 15 Mar 2013 22:47 Chris Downer |
There are 215 postboxes in the DT1 (Dorchester town) and DT2 (Dorchester surrounds) postcode districts which are within the county of Dorset, plus four boxes which come under BA22 (Yeovil) which are within the county of Dorset. They are plotted on these three maps: Dorchester urban. Dorchester rural (west). Dorchester rural (east). Being a mainly rural area, there is a fair majority of lamp and wall boxes over pillar boxes. Penfold pillar boxes There are two of the well-known Penfold postbox in Dorchester, although the second one as shown here is a modern replica:   Standard pillar boxes There are 17 standard-size pillar boxes in the area: One is Victorian:  One is Edward VII:  Four George V:     Five George VI:      And six Elizabeth II:       Modern pillar boxes There are six more modern pillar boxes - one relatively rare ‘Type G’ square box from the 1970s, four ‘Type K’ dating from 1980 onwards, and one more recent design specifically for interior settings:       Large pillar box There are ten - one Edward VII:  One George VI:  And eight Elizabeth II-reign:         Double-aperture pillar box There are two of these - both Elizabeth II:   Business boxes There are three of these modern boxes which are for franked mail only:  Wall boxes There are 52 boxes, of whatever design, set into a brick structure. Two are of the 'Ludlow' design specifically intended for sub-post offices, although neither office is still there. Both are George V-reign:   Two are large ones, both Edward VII:   Three are actually lamp boxes set into a wall - a George V rounded one and two standard Elizabeth II boxes:    Of the remaining 44, over half - twenty-three - are Victorian:                        Five are Edward VII:      Ten are George V:           One George VI:  And six are Elizabeth II:       |
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| Fri, 15 Mar 2013 23:20 Chris Downer |
Lamp boxes Firstly, there are four ‘Bantam’ boxes - a modern alternative design for the lamp box:     And there are 123 lamp boxes (excluding those set into walls and illustrated above), designed to be strapped to lampposts and the like, but more usually nowadays found mounted on a pole. Seven are of an earlier design with a rounded or arched top (three Edward VII and four George V):        …and the remaining 116 are of the familiar squareish design. One is a George VI-reign specimen, attached to a wooden post:  And of the remaining 115 Elizabeth II boxes, seven are strapped to a telegraph pole:        24 to a wooden post (although I noticed recently that the first shown here is now on a metal pole):                         Three are affixed to a wall, by either their base or their back:    One is so hidden in a hedge that its fixture is unclear:  And the remaining 81 are mounted on a metal pole:                                                                                  |
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