Postal addresses: a little history and a lot of photos
Contents
- INTRODUCTION
- POST TOWNS
- Changes to post towns
- Post town in a different county
- Welsh spelling changes
- Hebridean, Orkney, Shetland and Scilly Isles
- Hebrides
- Orkney
- Shetland
- Scilly
- Full list of post towns
- POSTAL COUNTIES
- Post towns not requiring a county name
- Changes in 1974
- Abbreviations
- Islands
- Counties whose names never appear on an address
- A few little anomalies
- Redundancy of counties
- Changes in 1996-8
- Full list of postal counties
- POSTCODES
- London
- Other large cities
- Norwich, Croydon and the national roll-out
- An anomaly at Newport
- Area and district, outward and inward
- Typical numbering setup
- Non-geographic postcodes
- Changes to postcodes
- Other postcodes
- THE ALBUM
- AB
- AL
- B
- BA
- BB
- BD
- BH
- BL
- BN
- BR
- BS
- BT
- CA
- CB
- CF
- CH
- CM
- CO
- CR
- CT
- CV
- CW
- DA
- DD
- DE
- DG
- DH
- DL
- DN
- DT
- DY
- E
- EC
- EH
- EN
- EX
- FK
- FY
- G
- GL
- GU
- HA
- HD
- HG
- HP
- HR
- HS
- HU
- HX
- IG
- IP
- IV
- KA
- KT
- KW
- KY
- L
- LA
- LD
- LE
- LL
- LN
- LS
- LU
- M
- ME
- MK
- ML
- N
- NE
- NG
- NN
- NP
- NR
- NW
- OL
- OX
- PA
- PE
- PH
- PL
- PO
- PR
- RG
- RH
- RM
- S
- SA
- SE
- SG
- SK
- SL
- SM
- SN
- SO
- SP
- SR
- SS
- ST
- SW
- SY
- TA
- TD
- TF
- TN
- TQ
- TR
- TS
- TW
- UB
- W
- WA
- WC
- WD
- WF
- WN
- WR
- WS
- WV
- YO
- ZE
- INDEX TO POST TOWNS
- A-B
- C-E
- F-K
- L-N
- O-S
- T-Y
MK
MK are the initials of Milton Keynes and this postcode area covers northern Buckinghamshire and northern Bedfordshire.The numbering is in two distinct phases: from 1-18 covering MILTON KEYNES, NEWPORT PAGNELL and BUCKINGHAM; and then in the 40s covering BEDFORD and OLNEY.
MK1-5 – postal address MILTON KEYNES
MK6-10 – postal address MILTON KEYNES
MK11-15 – postal address MILTON KEYNES
MK16 – postal address NEWPORT PAGNELL, Bucks.
MK17 – postal address MILTON KEYNES
MK18 – postal address BUCKINGHAM
MK19 – postal address MILTON KEYNES
MK40-42 – postal address BEDFORD
MK43-45 – postal address BEDFORD
MK46 – postal address OLNEY, Bucks.
There is also the non-geographic postcode district, MK77 (post town MILTON KEYNES) used by Morgan Stanley.
ML
The ML postcode area is based on Motherwell and covers the majority of Lanarkshire – i.e. all of it that does not fall under the GLASGOW post town.Its numbering is straightforward: from 1 to 12, each of the twelve districts being a different post town – a simplicity shared only by LD.
(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.)
ML1 – postal address MOTHERWELL, Lanarkshire
ML2 – postal address WISHAW, Lanarkshire
ML3 – postal address HAMILTON, Lanarkshire
ML4 – postal address BELLSHILL, Lanarkshire
ML5 – postal address COATBRIDGE, Lanarkshire
ML6 – postal address AIRDRIE, Lanarkshire
ML7 – postal address SHOTTS, Lanarkshire
ML8 – postal address CARLUKE, Lanarkshire
ML9 – postal address LARKHALL, Lanarkshire
ML10 – postal address STRATHAVEN, Lanarkshire
ML11 – postal address LANARK
ML12 – postal address BIGGAR, Lanarkshire
N
The N postcode area is that of north London. We have already seen that London postcode districts are numbered alphabetically, according to their 1917 name, rather than geographically – that is why they appear so randomly laid out when viewed on a map.Those original names are noted below in brackets.
All districts have the postal address LONDON.
N1
N2 (East Finclhley)
N3 (Finchley)
N4 (Finsbury Park)
N5 (Highbury)
N6 (Highgate)
N7 (Holloway)
N8 (Hornsey)
N9 (Lower Edmonton)
N10 (Muswell Hill)
N11 (New Southgate)
N12 (North Finchley)
N13 (Palmers Green)
N14 (Southgate)
N15 (South Tottenham)
N16 (Stoke Newington)
N17 (Tottenham)
N18 (Upper Edmonton)
N19 (Upper Holloway)
N20 (Whetstone)
N21 (Winchmore Hill)
N22 (Wood Green)
There is also the non-geographic postcode district, N82, used by Electoral Reform Services.
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