Postal addresses: a little history and a lot of photos

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LL

I suppose LL could only really be in Wales. Officially it stands for Llandudno but numbering starts in Wrexham and the area takes in all of north Wales apart from the northeast corner, which comes under CH (Chester).

The area is unusual in that it contains no single-digit districts at all and, as far as I can tell, is the only postcode area to have been so right from the start.

There are more post towns than average; and many of them are very small places hardly associated with the word 'town'. Often their postal significance lies in the fact that they have (or had) railway stations - such as DYFFRYN ARDUDWY and TALSARNAU on the west coast line and BODORGAN and TY CROES on the Holyhead line. However, I am not sure that this is the reason for the numerous tiny places afforded post town status on the northeast Anglesey coast. A particular curiosity is TYN-Y-GONGL, which is a really tiny place completely outgrown by its neighbouring seaside village, Benllech: it is perhaps surprising that the post town has not been changed but TYN-Y-GONGL is still Benllech's post town.

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, Clwyd and Gwynedd remain correct county names.

LL11-14 – postal address WREXHAM, Clwyd
LL15 – postal address RUTHIN, Clwyd


LL16 – postal address DENBIGH, Clwyd
LL17 – postal address ST. ASAPH, Clwyd
LL18 – postal address RHYL, Clwyd
LL19 – postal address PRESTATYN, Clwyd
LL20 – postal address LLANGOLLEN, Clwyd


LL21 – postal address CORWEN, Clwyd
LL22 – postal address ABERGELE, Clwyd
LL23 – postal address BALA, Gwynedd
LL24 – postal address BETWS-Y-COED, Gwynedd
LL25 – postal address DOLWYDDELAN, Gwynedd


LL26 – postal address LLANRWST, Gwynedd
LL27 – postal address TREFRIW, Gwynedd
LL28-29 – postal address COLWYN BAY, Gwynedd
LL30 – postal address LLANDUDNO, Gwynedd


LL31 (part) – postal address LLANDUDNO JUNCTION, Gwynedd
LL31 (part) and 32 – postal address CONWY, Gwynedd
LL33 – postal address LLANFAIRFECHAN, Gwynedd
LL34 – postal address PENMAENMAWR, Gwynedd
LL35 – postal address ABERDOVEY, Gwynedd


LL36 – postal address TWYWN, Gwynedd
LL37 – postal address LLWYNGWRIL, Gwynedd
LL38 – postal address FAIRBOURNE, Gwynedd
LL39 – postal address ARTHOG, Gwynedd
LL40 – postal address DOLGELLAU, Gwynedd


LL41 – postal address BLAENAU FFESTINIOG, Gwynedd
LL42 – postal address BARMOUTH, Gwynedd
LL43 – postal address TALYBONT, Gwynedd
LL44 – postal address DYFFRYN ARDUDWY, Gwynedd
LL45 – postal address LLANBEDR, Gwynedd


LL46 – postal address HARLECH, Gwynedd
LL47 – postal address TALSARNAU, Gwynedd
LL48 – postal address PENRHYNDEUDRAETH, Gwynedd
LL49 – postal address PORTHMADOG, Gwynedd


LL51 – postal address GARNDOLBENMAEN, Gwynedd
LL52 – postal address CRICCIETH, Gwynedd
LL53 – postal address PWLLHELI, Gwynedd
LL54-55 – postal address CAERNARFON, Gwynedd


LL56 – postal address Y FELINHELI, Gwynedd (renamed from PORT DINORWIC in Jan. 1997, although the Post Office branch in the village had changed name in 1980)
LL57 – postal address BANGOR, Gwynedd
LL58 – postal address BEAUMARIS, Gwynedd
LL59 – postal address MENAI BRIDGE, Gwynedd
LL60 – postal address GAERWEN, Gwynedd


LL61 – postal address LLANFAIRPWLLGWYNGYLL, Gwynedd
LL62 – postal address BODORGAN, Gwynedd
LL63 – postal address TY CROES, Gwynedd
LL64 – postal address RHOSNEIGR, Gwynedd
LL65 – postal address HOLYHEAD, Gwynedd


LL66 – postal address RHOSGOCH, Gwynedd
LL67 – postal address CEMAES BAY, Gwynedd
LL68 – postal address AMLWCH, Gwynedd
LL69 – postal address PENYSARN, Gwynedd
LL70 – postal address DULAS, Gwynedd


LL71 – postal address LLANERCHYMEDD, Gwynedd
LL72 – postal address MOELFRE, Gwynedd
LL73 – postal address MARIANGLAS, Gwynedd
LL74 – postal address TYN-Y-GONGL, Gwynedd (spelt as one word, TYNYGONGL, until c.1979)


LL75 – postal address PENTRAETH, Gwynedd
LL76 – postal address LLANBEDRGOCH, Gwynedd
LL77 – postal address LLANGEFNI, Gwynedd
LL78 – postal address BRYNTEG, Gwynedd

LN

The letters L and N are the first and last of Lincoln, and this area covers the central belt of Lincolnshire. (Skegness to Grantham in the south come under PE and NG, while Gainsborough around to Grimsby are under DN.)

LN1-5 – postal address LINCOLN


LN6-7 – postal address LINCOLN
LN8 – postal address MARKET RASEN, Lincs.
LN9 – postal address HORNCASTLE, Lincs.


LN10 – postal address WOODHALL SPA, Lincs.
LN11 – postal address LOUTH, Lincs.
LN12 – postal address MABLETHORPE, Lincs.
LN13 – postal address ALFORD, Lincs.

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