1986

SU9677 : Victorian pillar box, Eton

taken 38 years ago, near to Eton, Windsor And Maidenhead, England

Victorian pillar box, Eton
Victorian pillar box, Eton
See SU9677 : Pillar box in High Street, Eton. An earlier view of the same pillar box beside to “The Cockpit” in High Street.
Victorian Postboxes

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.


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Category: Postbox
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · High Street [152] · View of Eton [45] · Box in Eton High Street [7] Other Photos: · Tiger Garden Restaurant, Eton ·
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SU9677, 899 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Albert Bridge   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Sunday, 24 August, 1986   (more nearby)
Submitted
Saturday, 2 April, 2011
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SU 966 775 [100m precision]
WGS84: 51:29.2923N 0:36.5879W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SU 966 775
View Direction
East-southeast (about 112 degrees)
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