Postal addresses: a little history and a lot of photos

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EH

The letters EH are the first and last in Edinburgh, and this area covers the southern side of the Forth, down to parts of the Borders region. The post towns BALERNO, CURRIE and JUNIPER GREEN, in EH14, no doubt originally came under EDINBURGH.

(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.)

EH1-13 – postal address EDINBURGH




EH14 (part) – postal address EDINBURGH
EH14 (part) – postal address BALERNO, Midlothian
EH14 (part) – postal address CURRIE, Midlothian
EH14 (part) – postal address JUNIPER GREEN, Midlothian
EH15-17 – postal address EDINBURGH


EH18 – postal address LASSWADE, Midlothian
EH19 – postal address BONNYRIGG, Midlothian
EH20 – postal address LOANHEAD, Midlothian


EH21 – postal address MUSSELBURGH, Midlothian
EH22 – postal address DALKEITH, Midlothian
EH23 – postal address GOREBRIDGE, Midlothian
EH24 – postal address ROSEWELL, Midlothian
EH25 – postal address ROSLIN, Midlothian


EH26 – postal address PENICUIK, Midlothian
EH27 – postal address KIRKNEWTON, Midlothian
EH28 – postal address NEWBRIDGE, Midlothian
EH29 – postal address KIRKLISTON, West Lothian
EH30 – postal address SOUTH QUEENSFERRY, West Lothian


EH31 – postal address GULLANE, East Lothian
EH32 (part) – postal address LONGNIDDRY, East Lothian
EH32 (part) – postal address PRESTONPANS, East Lothian
EH33-35 – postal address TRANENT, East Lothian (EH34 was PENCAITLAND and EH35 ORMISTON until c.1989)


EH36 – postal address HUMBIE, East Lothian
EH37 – postal address PATHHEAD, Midlothian
EH38 – postal address HERIOT, Midlothian
EH39 – postal address NORTH BERWICK, East Lothian
EH40 – postal address EAST LINTON, East Lothian


EH41 – postal address HADDINGTON, East Lothian
EH42 – postal address DUNBAR, East Lothian
EH43 – postal address WALKERBURN, Peeblesshire
EH44 – postal address INNERLEITHEN, Peeblesshire
EH45 – postal address PEEBLES


EH46 – postal address WEST LINTON, Peeblesshire
EH47-48 – postal address BATHGATE, West Lothian
EH49 – postal address LINLITHGOW, West Lothian


EH51 – postal address BO’NESS, West Lothian
EH52 – postal address BROXBURN, West Lothian
EH53-54 – postal address LIVINGSTON, West Lothian
EH55 – postal address WEST CALDER, Midlothian


There are also two non-geographic postcode areas for specific organisations – EH95 (Scottish Gas) and EH99 (Scottish Parliament), both post town EDINBURGH.

EN

The EN area bases itself in Enfield, Middlesex, a curious post town area in that it is entirely detached from any other in the same county – the London postcode area and Hertfordshire join to push Enfield considerably northeast of its nearest Middlesex compatriot. The EN area extends into southern Hertfordshire and also includes WALTHAM ABBEY in Essex.

NB Although the official county of Middlesex was discontinued in 1965, it was retained for postal purposes in those parts outside the London postal area. Therefore, Middlesex remains a correct county name.

EN1-3 – postal address ENFIELD, Middx.
EN4-5 – postal address BARNET, Herts.


EN6 – postal address POTTERS BAR, Herts.
EN7-8 – postal address WALTHAM CROSS, Herts.
EN9 – postal address WALTHAM ABBEY, Essex
EN10 – postal address BROXBOURNE, Herts.
EN11 – postal address HODDESDON, Herts.

EX

The EX postal area is a large one. Deriving its name from Exeter, it includes all of north, west and central Devon, and also extends to Bude in the northern tip of Cornwall. The numbering follows a fairly logical path around the area, with the exception of COLYTON – this had originally shared EX13 with AXMINSTER before being assigned EX24 in its own right in June 1998.

The appearance of some surprisingly small places as post towns such as BEAWORTHY and UMBERLEIGH is probably a reminder of the time that the railway was the main form of transport from the post, and they used to have stations.

EX1-6 – postal address EXETER



EX7 – postal address DAWLISH, Devon
EX8 – postal address EXMOUTH, Devon
EX9 – postal address BUDLEIGH SALTERTON, Devon
EX10 – postal address SIDMOUTH, Devon


EX11 – postal address OTTERY ST. MARY, Devon
EX12 – postal address SEATON, Devon
EX13 – postal address AXMINSTER, Devon
EX14 – postal address HONITON, Devon
EX15 – postal address CULLOMPTON, Devon


EX16 – postal address TIVERTON, Devon
EX17 – postal address CREDITON, Devon
EX18 – postal address CHULMLEIGH, Devon
EX19 – postal address WINKLEIGH, Devon
EX20 (part) – postal address OKEHAMPTON, Devon
EX20 (part) – postal address NORTH TAWTON, Devon


EX21 – postal address BEAWORTHY, Devon
EX22 – postal address HOLSWORTHY, Devon
EX23 – postal address BUDE, Cornwall
EX24 – postal address COLYTON, Devon (was part of EX13 until June 1998)


EX31-32 – postal address BARNSTAPLE, Devon
EX33 – postal address BRAUNTON, Devon
EX34 (part) – postal address ILFRACOMBE, Devon
EX34 (part) – postal address WOOLACOMBE, Devon
EX35 (part) – postal address LYNMOUTH, Devon
EX35 (part) – postal address LYNTON, Devon


EX36 – postal address SOUTH MOLTON, Devon
EX37 – postal address UMBERLEIGH, Devon
EX38 – postal address TORRINGTON, Devon
EX39 – postal address BIDEFORD, Devon (includes Lundy Island)

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