Dorset Postboxes – Sherborne and Sturminster Newton
| Thu, 5 Jun 2014 08:52 Chris Downer |
There are 134 postboxes in the DT9 (Sherborne) and DT10 (Sturminster Newton) postal areas, that are within the county of Dorset (two boxes are right on the border, at Corton Denham and west of Stalbridge, and are included). They are plotted on these two maps: Sherborne and Sturminster. Being a mainly rural area, there is a large majority of lamp and wall boxes over pillar boxes. Early pillar boxes Holwell possesses the oldest pillar box in use in Great Britain:  Standard pillar boxes There are six standard-size pillar boxes in the area. One is a Victorian, from 1879-83 when the VR cipher was omitted:  One is Edward VII:  Two George V:   And two Elizabeth II:   Modern pillar boxes There are six more modern pillar boxes - the ‘Type K’ dating from 1980 onwards:       Large pillar boxes There is one, an Elizabeth II:  Double-aperture pillar boxes There is one, an Elizabeth II, one of two Dorset boxes painted gold in honour of London 2012 gold medal winners:  Wall boxes There are 48 boxes, of whatever design, set into a brick or stone structure. One is a 'Ludlow' box, designed specifically for sub-post offices:  Of the others, 11 are also Victorian:           Three are Edward VII:    Twelve are George V (the first a large one, the last an early rounded lamp box):             Six are George VI (the first a lamp box set into a wall):       And remaining 15 are Elizabeth II (the first is a large one and the next seven are of a lamp box design):                Lamp boxes Finally, there are 71 lamp boxes. One is an arch-topped George V box on a wooden post:  One is a George VI box on a wooden post:  And, of the remaining 69 Elizabeth II boxes, two are mounted on a telegraph pole:   Three to their own wooden post:    Eleven are attached to a concrete post (this is the only area of Dorset where a concrete post is quite common):            One is so hidden in the hedgerow that its fixing is unclear:  And the remaining 52 are mounted on a metal pole:                                                     |
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