A Postcode Album – Volume 3, DA (Dartford) to EC (East Central London)
| Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:40 Chris Downer |
The DA postcode area is based on Dartford and comprises the London suburbs on the south side of the Thames, east as far as Gravesend. The post town ERITH, comprising DA8 and DA18, is unusual in that these two districts do not adjoin – BELVEDERE is between them. The addresses within Greater London but outside the London postcode areas still allude to their historical counties, so Kent is still the correct county name. DA1-2 – postal address DARTFORD DA3 – postal address LONGFIELD, Kent DA4 – postal address DARTFORD (again) DA5 – postal address BEXLEY, Kent      DA6-7 – postal address BEXLEYHEATH, Kent DA8 – postal address ERITH, Kent DA9 – postal address GREENHITHE, Kent DA10 – postal address SWANSCOMBE, Kent      DA11-13 – postal address GRAVESEND, Kent DA14-15 – postal address SIDCUP, Kent      DA16 – postal address WELLING, Kent DA17 – postal address BELVEDERE, Kent DA18 – postal address ERITH, Kent (again)    |
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| Tue, 28 Oct 2008 12:38 Chris Downer |
The DD postcode area concerns itself with covering the county of Angus and is based upon Dundee. It also includes the northern tip of Fife, that part which is at the immediate other side of the Tay Bridges. The MONTROSE (DD10) post town covers a thin section along the coast that extends northeast into Kincardineshire. (At local government reorganisation in 1974, the old Scottish counties, unlike many in England and Wales, were not substituted by the Post Office, so the old county names remain correct for postal purposes.) DD1-5 – postal address DUNDEE      DD6 (part) – postal address NEWPORT-ON-TAY, Fife DD6 (part) – postal address TAYPORT, Fife DD7 – postal address CARNOUSTIE, Angus DD8 – postal address FORFAR, Angus DD9 – postal address BRECHIN, Angus DD10 – postal address MONTROSE, Angus DD11 – postal address ARBROATH, Angus       |
| Tue, 28 Oct 2008 13:20 Chris Downer |
The DE postcode area is centred on Derby and includes the majority of the county of Derbyshire, plus Burton-upon-Trent (postally Burton-on-Trent) in Staffordshire. The previous DE2 has been split into districts numbered in the twenties; the same applies to parts of DE6 and 7, which were renumbered in the sixties and seventies. DE1 – postal address DERBY DE3 – postal address DERBY   DE4 – postal address MATLOCK, Derbyshire DE5 – postal address RIPLEY, Derbyshire (separated from DERBY in May 1992) DE6 – postal address ASHBOURNE, Derbyshire (separated from DERBY in May 1992) DE7 – postal address ILKESTON, Derbyshire (separated from DERBY in May 1992)     DE11-12 – postal address SWADLINCOTE, Derbyshire DE13-15 – postal address BURTON-ON-TRENT, Staffs.      DE21-24 – postal address DERBY     DE45 – postal address BAKEWELL, Derbyshire DE55 – postal address ALFRETON, Derbyshire (separated from DERBY in May 1992) DE56 – postal address BELPER, Derbyshire (separated from DERBY in May 1992)    DE65 – postal address DERBY DE72-74 – postal address DERBY DE75 – postal address HEANOR, Derbyshire (separated from DERBY in May 1992)      There is also the non-geographic postcode area DE99 (post town DERBY) reserved for a specific large user. |
| Tue, 28 Oct 2008 13:35 Chris Downer |
The postcode area DG covers Dumfries and Galloway, i.e. the former counties of Dumfriesshire, Kirkcudbrightshire and Wigtownshire. (At local government reorganisation in 1974, the old Scottish counties, unlike many in England and Wales, were not substituted by the Post Office, so the old county names remain correct for postal purposes.) DG1-2 – postal address DUMFRIES DG3 – postal address THORNHILL, Dumfriesshire DG4 – postal address SANQUHAR, Dumfriesshire DG5 – postal address DALBEATTIE, Kirkcudbrightshire      DG6 – postal address KIRKCUDBRIGHT DG7 – postal address CASTLE DOUGLAS, Kirkcudbrightshire DG8 – postal address NEWTON STEWART, Wigtownshire DG9 – postal address STRANRAER, Wigtownshire DG10 – postal address MOFFAT, Dumfriesshire      DG11 – postal address LOCKERBIE, Dumfriesshire DG12 – postal address ANNAN, Dumfriesshire DG13 – postal address LANGHOLM, Dumfriesshire DG14 – postal address CANONBIE, Dumfriesshire DG15 – postal address GRETNA, Dumfriesshire      |
| Tue, 16 Dec 2008 13:20 Chris Downer |
DH concerns itself with serving Durham – that is, the city and the northern part of County Durham. It also includes the post town HOUGHTON-LE-SPRING, Tyne & Wear. DH1 – postal address DURHAM DH2-3 – postal address CHESTER-LE-STREET, Co. Durham DH4-5 – postal address HOUGHTON-LE-SPRING, Tyne & Wear      DH6-7 – postal address DURHAM (again) DH8 – postal address CONSETT, Co. Durham DH9 – postal address STANLEY, Co. Durham     |
| Tue, 16 Dec 2008 13:35 Chris Downer |
Immediately south of DH is DL for Darlington. This area covers the southern part of County Durham as well as the northern edge of North Yorkshire. It should be noted that the town of Catterick comes under the post town RICHMOND, not CATTERICK GARRISON. DL1-3 – postal address DARLINGTON DL4 – postal address SHILDON, Co. Durham     DL5 – postal address NEWTON AYCLIFFE, Co. Durham DL6-7 – postal address NORTHALLERTON, N. Yorkshire DL8 (part) – postal address BEDALE, N. Yorkshire DL8 (part) – postal address HAWES, N. Yorkshire DL8 (part) – postal address LEYBURN, N. Yorkshire     DL9 – postal address CATTERICK GARRISON, N. Yorkshire DL10-11 – postal address RICHMOND, N. Yorkshire DL12 – postal address BARNARD CASTLE, Co. Durham     DL13-14 – postal address BISHOP AUCKLAND, Co. Durham DL15 – postal address CROOK, Co. Durham DL16 – postal address SPENNYMOOR, Co. Durham DL17 – postal address FERRYHILL, Co. Durham      |
| Tue, 16 Dec 2008 14:06 Chris Downer |
The postcode area DN is based on Doncaster and covers that part of South Yorkshire (the DONCASTER post town itself including parts of rural Nottinghamshire), the northern part of Lincolnshire to the Humber estuary, plus Retford in Nottinghamshire and Gainsborough in Lincolnshire. At Local Government reorganisation in 1974, the new county of Humberside was treated by the Royal Mail as two counties, North Humberside and South Humberside. The post town GOOLE comes under North Humberside despite being south of the river, being originally in the East Riding of Yorkshire. It will be noticed that there is no DN13 – the proposed DN13 district in the event became S64. NB 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. Therefore, N. and S. Humberside remain correct county names. DN1-12 – postal address DONCASTER, S. Yorkshire             DN14 – postal address GOOLE, N. Humberside DN15-17 – postal address SCUNTHORPE, S. Humberside DN18 – postal address BARTON-UPON-HUMBER, S. Humberside      DN19 – postal address BARROW-UPON-HUMBER, S. Humberside DN20 – postal address BRIGG, S. Humberside DN21 – postal address GAINSBOROUGH, Lincs. DN22 – postal address RETFORD, Notts.     DN31-34 – postal address GRIMSBY, S. Humberside DN35 – postal address CLEETHORPES, S. Humberside      DN36-37 – postal address GRIMSBY, S. Humberside again DN38 – postal address BARNETBY, S. Humberside DN39 – postal address ULCEBY, S. Humberside DN40 – postal address IMMINGHAM, S. Humberside (separated from GRIMSBY in January 1997) DN41 – postal address GRIMSBY, S. Humberside (again)       |
| Wed, 17 Dec 2008 13:05 Chris Downer |
The area DT covers the western two thirds of Dorset, based on Dorchester. Part of the SHERBORNE post town extends across the border into Somerset, and of LYME REGIS into Devon. It has a classic numbering system, straightforwardly upwards from DT1, emanating from Dorchester itself and then spiralling round from the south to the northeast. The DORCHESTER and WEYMOUTH post towns, which each have two postcode districts, demonstrate two methods of splitting the post towns into districts – in Dorchester, DT1 covers the town centre with the DT2 district a hollow ring shape surrounding the town rurally; whereas in Weymouth, DT3 covers the town centre and northern parts, with DT4 covering the south. DT1-2 – postal address DORCHESTER, Dorset DT3-4 – postal address WEYMOUTH, Dorset DT5 – postal address PORTLAND, Dorset      DT6 – postal address BRIDPORT, Dorset DT7 – postal address LYME REGIS, Dorset DT8 – postal address BEAMINSTER, Dorset DT9 – postal address SHERBORNE, Dorset DT10 – postal address STURMINSTER NEWTON, Dorset DT11 – postal address BLANDFORD FORUM, Dorset       |
| Wed, 17 Dec 2008 13:25 Chris Downer |
The area DY centres itself on Dudley and covers that part of West Midlands along with northeast Worcestershire. The KIDDERMINSTER post town area is one of the few which are in two separate parts, since DY14 does not adjoin DY10 or 11. DY1-3 – postal address DUDLEY, W. Midlands DY4 – postal address TIPTON, W. Midlands DY5 – postal address BRIERLEY HILL, W. Midlands      DY6 – postal address KINGSWINFORD, W. Midlands DY7-9 – postal address STOURBRIDGE, W. Midlands     DY10-11 – postal address KIDDERMINSTER, Worcs. DY12 – postal address BEWDLEY, Worcs. DY13 – postal address STOURPORT-ON-SEVERN, Worcs. DY14 – postal address KIDDERMINSTER, Worcs. (again)      |
| Wed, 17 Dec 2008 13:42 Chris Downer |
The postcode area E refers to east London, being entirely north of the Thames. The apparent haphazard numbering of the London postal districts can be explained in that, after the number 1 has been given to the most central district, the rest are assigned in alphabetical order according to their 1917 name, before postcodes were introduced. Those original names are noted below in brackets. All districts have the postal address LONDON. E1 E2 (Bethnal Green) E3 (Bow) E4 (Chingford) E5 (Clapton)      E6 (East Ham) E7 (Forest Gate) E8 (Hackney) E9 (Homerton)     E10 (Leyton) E11 (Leytonstone) E12 (Manor Park) E13 (Plaistow) E14 (Poplar)      E15 (Stratford) E16 (Victoria Dock) E17 (Walthamstow) E18 (West Ham)     There are also the non-geographic postcode areas E77 and E98 reserved for specific large users. |
