A Postcode Album – Volume 1, AB (Aberdeen) to BS (Bristol)
| Tue, 10 Jun 2008 11:31 Chris Downer |
BS stands for Bristol, in postcode terms. It covers a fair distance north and south of the city – the Bristol post town extends northwards to Thornbury while the post towns WESTON-SUPER-MARE, CHEDDAR and WEDMORE to the south also come under BS. The former, more rural, BS12 and BS17-19 districts of the BRISTOL post town have been changed to the 30s and 40s in recent years. NB The Royal Mail ceased the requirement for county names on addresses in 1996 and these were not updated after local government reorganisation of the following year. The county Avon therefore remains the correct postal county for BRISTOL and the others shown as such. (Since BRISTOL did not historically require the county name beforehand, though, it is omitted here.) BS1-11 – postal address BRISTOL            BS13-16 – postal address BRISTOL BS20 – postal address BRISTOL      BS21 – postal address CLEVEDON, Avon BS22-24 – postal address WESTON-SUPER-MARE, Avon BS25 – postal address WINSCOMBE, Avon (separated from BRISTOL in July 1997)      BS26 – postal address AXBRIDGE, Somerset BS27 – postal address CHEDDAR, Somerset BS28 – postal address WEDMORE, Somerset BS29 – postal address BANWELL, Avon (separated from WESTON-SUPER-MARE, BS24, in July 1997)     BS30-32 – postal address BRISTOL BS34-37 – postal address BRISTOL        BS39-41 – postal address BRISTOL BS48-49 – postal address BRISTOL      There are also the non-geographic postcode areas BS98-99 (post town BRISTOL) reserved for specific large users. |
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