2021

TQ7407 : Victorian Postbox, St Leonards Road, Bexhill-On-Sea

taken 2 years ago, near to Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex, England

Victorian Postbox, St Leonards Road, Bexhill-On-Sea
Victorian Postbox, St Leonards Road, Bexhill-On-Sea
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.

See other images of Victorian Postboxes

Creative Commons Licence [Some Rights Reserved]   © Copyright PAUL FARMER and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.
Geographical Context: City, Town centre Communications Place: Bexhill-on-Sea Street Furniture: Postbox Primary Subject: Postbox other tags: Pillarbox Victorian Pillarbox Postbox Victorian Postbox Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
1:50,000 Modern Day Landranger(TM) Map © Crown Copyright
+
+
1:50,000 Modern Day Landranger(TM) Map © Crown Copyright
TIP: Click the map for more Large scale mapping
Grid Square
TQ7407, 714 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
PAUL FARMER   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Friday, 3 December, 2021   (more nearby)
Submitted
Saturday, 27 August, 2022
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 744 073 [100m precision]
WGS84: 50:50.3786N 0:28.6038E
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 744 073
View Direction
Southeast (about 135 degrees)
Clickable map
+
NW N NE
W Go E
SW S SE
Image Type (about): close look 
This page has been viewed about 27 times
You are not logged in login | register