Postal addresses: a little history and a lot of photos

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OX

The OX area is predictably enough based on Oxford, and covers the county of Oxfordshire, except for FARINGDON (which is under SN) and HENLEY-ON-THAMES (under RG). The numbering has changed a lot since the original codes were set up, as detailed below, explaining the absence of OX6 and OX8.

OX1-4 – postal address OXFORD
OX5 – postal address KIDLINGTON, Oxon. (separated from OXFORD in June 1991)


OX7 – postal address CHIPPING NORTON, Oxon. (separated from OXFORD in June 1991)
OX9 – postal address THAME, Oxon.
OX10 – postal address WALLINGFORD, Oxon.
OX11 – postal address DIDCOT, Oxon.
OX12 – postal address WANTAGE, Oxon.


OX13-14 – postal address ABINGDON, Oxon.
OX15-17 – postal address BANBURY, Oxon.


OX18 (part) – postal address BAMPTON, Oxon. (OXFORD, OX8 until June 1991)
OX18 (part) – postal address BURFORD, Oxon. (OXFORD, OX8 until June 1991)
OX18 (part) – postal address CARTERTON, Oxon. (OXFORD, OX8 until June 1991)
OX20 – postal address WOODSTOCK, Oxon. (separated from OXFORD, OX7 in June 1991)
OX25-27 – postal address BICESTER, Oxon. (OX6 until 2000)


OX28-29 – postal address WITNEY, Oxon. (separated from OXFORD in June 1991 and from OX8 in 2000)
OX33 – postal address OXFORD (separated from OX3 in c.1990)
OX39 – postal address CHINNOR, Oxon. (separated from OXFORD in May 1992 and from OX9 in 2000)
OX44 – postal address OXFORD (separated from OX4 in c.1990)
OX49 – postal address WATLINGTON, Oxon. (separated from OXFORD in May 1992 and from OX9 in 2000)

PA

The PA area is centred on Paisley, although one cannot say 'centred' in the literal sense because Paisley is in the southeastern extremity of this very large area. It covers Renfrewshire (and SKELMORLIE in Ayrshire), Argyll (except the Ardnamurchan peninsula), Bute and the southern Hebridean islands.

It used to be even bigger, including the Outer Hebrides until they were given their own postcode area, HS, in 1995. It also decreased in size in December 1999 when PA39 and PA40 became PH49 and PH50.

Numbering starts in central Paisley and ascends through Renfrewshire (and SKELMORLIE) to 19, before continuing from 20 on the Isle of Bute and upwards to 38 across mainland Argyll and into the 40s on the Isle of Islay. The numbers then jump to 60 on Jura and from there reach 78 on Coll, via Colonsay, Mull, Iona and Tiree. Finally, the district PA80 was created in 2009 for the Morvern peninsula, which had previously been part of PA34.

We have already seen that the place-name post towns on some of the islands – Bute, Islay, Jura, and Tiree – were changed to the island names, ISLE OF..., in the same way as for Mull in the 1970s.

(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.)

PA1-3 – postal address PAISLEY, Renfrewshire
PA4 – postal address RENFREW
PA5-6 – postal address JOHNSTONE, Renfrewshire



PA7 – postal address BISHOPTON, Renfrewshire
PA8 – postal address ERSKINE, Renfrewshire
PA9-10 – postal address JOHNSTONE, Renfrewshire (PA9 was HOWWOOD and PA10 was KILBARCHAN until c.1980)


PA11 – postal address BRIDGE OF WEIR, Renfrewshire
PA12 – postal address LOCHWINNOCH, Renfrewshire
PA13 – postal address KILMACOLM, Renfrewshire
PA14 – postal address PORT GLASGOW, Renfrewshire


PA15-16 – postal address GREENOCK, Renfrewshire
PA17 – postal address SKELMORLIE, Ayrshire
PA18 – postal address WEMYSS BAY, Renfrewshire
PA19 – postal address GOUROCK, Renfrewshire


PA20 – postal address ISLE OF BUTE (ROTHESAY, Isle of Bute until Dec. 2000)
PA21 – postal address TIGHNABRUAICH, Argyll
PA22 – postal address COLINTRAIVE, Argyll
PA23 – postal address DUNOON, Argyll


PA24-27 – postal address CAIRNDOW, Argyll (PA24 was LOCHGOILHEAD, PA25 was ST. CATHERINE'S and PA27 was STRACHUR until 1981)


PA28 – postal address CAMPBELTOWN, Argyll
PA29 – postal address TARBERT, Argyll
PA30-31 – postal address LOCHGILPHEAD, Argyll (PA30 was ARDRISHAIG until 1981)
PA32 – postal address INVERARAY, Argyll
PA33 – postal address DALMALLY, Argyll



PA34 – postal address OBAN, Argyll (includes the isles of Lismore, Kerrera and Luing)
PA35 – postal address TAYNUILT, Argyll
PA36 – postal address BRIDGE OF ORCHY, Argyll
PA37 – postal address OBAN, Argyll (was CONNEL until c.1990)
PA38 – postal address APPIN, Argyll


PA41 – postal address ISLE OF GIGHA


PA42-49 – postal address ISLE OF ISLAY
Until December 2000 these were:
PA42, PORT ELLEN, Isle of Islay
PA43, BOWMORE, Isle of Islay
PA44, BRIDGEND, Isle of Islay
PA45, BALLYGRANT, Isle of Islay


PA46, PORT ASKAIG, Isle of Islay (one word, PORTASKAIG, until c.1970)
PA47, PORTNAHAVEN, Isle of Islay
PA48, PORT CHARLOTTE, Isle of Islay
PA49, BRUICHLADDICH, Isle of Islay


PA60 – postal address ISLE OF JURA (CRAIGHOUSE, Isle of Jura until Dec. 2000)
PA61 – postal address ISLE OF COLONSAY


PA62-75 – postal address ISLE OF MULL
Until c.1978 these were:
PA62, LOCHBUIE, Isle of Mull
PA63, CROGGAN, Isle of Mull
PA64, LOCHDON, Isle of Mull
PA65, CRAIGNURE, Isle of Mull


PA66, FIONNPHORT, Isle of Mull
PA67, BUNESSAN, Isle of Mull
PA68, GRIBUN, Isle of Mull
PA69, TIRORAN, Isle of Mull
PA70, PENNYGHAEL, Isle of Mull


PA71, GRULINE, Isle of Mull
PA72, AROS, Isle of Mull
PA73, ULVA FERRY, Isle of Mull
PA74, TORLOISK, Isle of Mull
PA75, TOBERMORY, Isle of Mull


PA76 – postal address ISLE OF IONA
PA77 – postal address ISLE OF TIREE (SCARINISH, Isle of Tiree until Dec. 2000)
PA78 – postal address ISLE OF COLL
PA80 – postal address OBAN, Argyll (was part of PA34 until 2009)

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