Dorset postboxes – Wimborne, Ferndown & Verwood
Tue, 14 Jul 2009 16:52 Chris Downer |
There are 232 postboxes in the Wimborne/Ferndown/Verwood area, which comprises the following areas: BH21 postcode district (Wimborne) BH22 postcode district (Ferndown) BH31 postcode district (Verwood) And also parts of BH24 (Ringwood), SP5 (Salisbury) and SP6 (Fordingbridge) which are within the county of Dorset. Unlike the Bournemouth area, the little 'lamp boxes' are far more prevalent than pillar boxes, because this is a mainly rural area. Standard pillar boxes There are in total 37 standard pillar boxes. One is Victorian: ![]() One of Edward VII: ![]() Eight of George V: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Four of George VI: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() And 23 of Elizabeth II: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Modern pillar boxes The area also has thirteen of the ‘Type K’ design: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Large pillar boxes There are six of the fatter version of the standard box, all of Elizabeth II: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Double-aperture boxes There are five of these, again all Elizabeth II: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Wall boxes There are in total 31 boxes set into various types of wall: One is of the ‘Ludlow’ design, intended specifically for sub-post offices, and this one is a George V specimen: ![]() Two are of an early design, featuring a curved top (respectively Victorian and Edward VII): ![]() ![]() One is incorporated into the wall of the main delivery office (and former main post office) and does not specifically state the monarch: ![]() Three Victorian (set into, respectively, two houses and an outbuilding): ![]() ![]() ![]() Two Edward VII, both set into a wall: ![]() ![]() 13 George V (respectively, seven brick pillars, one house, a filling station, a public school and three walls); ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() (the last of these is a replacement for a Victorian box in the same location: ![]() Eight George VI (respectively, seven brick pillars and a wall); ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() And one Elizabeth II (set into a brick pillar): ![]() |
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Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:01 Chris Downer |
Business boxes These boxes started appearing in the mid-1990s and are for franked mail only – franked mail cannot be put in ordinary boxes and previously had to be handed in at a post office counter unless the Royal Mail collected from the business. There is one in this area: ![]() Shop boxes A few designs of boxes designed for use in retail outlets (usually indoor) have emerged over the last 15 years or so. The one in this area is of a design seemingly unique to Sainsbury’s supermarkets: ![]() Lamp boxes 138 of the boxes in this area are ‘lamp boxes’, designed to be attached to lampposts and wooden poles but often also seen on metal posts. One of these is of an early design, with a curved top (George V in this instance): ![]() The remaining are of the standard design, and two of them are George VI-reign (respectively, one on a metal pole and one a wooden post): ![]() ![]() And the other 134 are Elizabeth II boxes: 20 of them attached to a telegraph pole: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 14 on their own wooden post: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() And 101 on a metal pole: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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