Postal addresses: a little history and a lot of photos

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PL

The letters PL derive from Plymouth and this area covers southwest Devon and the eastern half of Cornwall – excluding the northern tip around Bude, which falls under EX.

PL1-5 – postal address PLYMOUTH


PL6-9 – postal address PLYMOUTH


PL10-11 – postal address TORPOINT, Cornwall
PL12 – postal address SALTASH, Cornwall
PL13 – postal address LOOE, Cornwall


PL14 – postal address LISKEARD, Cornwall
PL15 – postal address LAUNCESTON, Cornwall
PL16 – postal address LIFTON, Devon
PL17 – postal address CALLINGTON, Cornwall


PL18 (part) – postal address CALSTOCK, Cornwall
PL18 (part) – postal address GUNNISLAKE, Cornwall
PL19 – postal address TAVISTOCK, Devon
PL20 – postal address YELVERTON, Devon
PL21 – postal address IVYBRIDGE, Devon


PL22 – postal address LOSTWITHIEL, Cornwall
PL23 – postal address FOWEY, Cornwall
PL24 – postal address PAR, Cornwall
PL25-26 – postal address ST. AUSTELL, Cornwall


PL27 – postal address WADEBRIDGE, Cornwall
PL28 – postal address PADSTOW, Cornwall
PL29 – postal address PORT ISAAC, Cornwall
PL30-31 – postal address BODMIN, Cornwall


PL32 – postal address CAMELFORD, Cornwall
PL33 – postal address DELABOLE, Cornwall
PL34 – postal address TINTAGEL, Devon
PL35 – postal address BOSCASTLE, Cornwall


There is also the non-geographic postcode district for Plymouth City Council, PL95 (post town PLYMOUTH).

PO

The PO postcode area, centred on Portsmouth, serves southeast Hampshire, southwest West Sussex and the Isle of Wight. Numbering runs from 1 to 22 on the mainland and resumes at 30 on the Isle of Wight.

PO1-3 – postal address PORTSMOUTH
PO4-5 – postal address SOUTHSEA, Hants.
PO6 – postal address PORTSMOUTH



PO7-8 – postal address WATERLOOVILLE, Hants. (separated from PORTSMOUTH in Oct. 1990)
PO9 (part) – postal address HAVANT, Hants.
PO9 (part) – postal address ROWLAND'S CASTLE, Hants.
PO10 – postal address EMSWORTH, Hants.
PO11 – postal address HAYLING ISLAND, Hants.


PO12, PO13 (part) – postal address GOSPORT, Hants.
PO13 (part) – postal address LEE-ON-THE-SOLENT, Hants.
PO14-17 – postal address FAREHAM, Hants.



PO18-20 – postal address CHICHESTER, W. Sussex
PO21-22 – postal address BOGNOR REGIS, W. Sussex


PO30 – postal address NEWPORT, Isle of Wight
PO31 – postal address COWES, Isle of Wight
PO32 – postal address EAST COWES, Isle of Wight
PO33 – postal address RYDE, Isle of Wight
PO34 – postal address SEAVIEW, Isle of Wight
PO35 – postal address BEMBRIDGE, Isle of Wight



PO36 – postal address SANDOWN, Isle of Wight
PO37 – postal address SHANKLIN, Isle of Wight
PO38 – postal address VENTNOR, Isle of Wight
PO39 – postal address TOTLAND BAY, Isle of Wight
PO40 – postal address FRESHWATER, Isle of Wight
PO41 – postal address YARMOUTH, Isle of Wight

PR

PR is for Preston and this smallish area initially had only three post towns – PRESTON, CHORLEY and SOUTHPORT – before LEYLAND was made a post town in its own right.

PR1-5 – postal address PRESTON


PR6-7 – postal address CHORLEY, Lancs.
PR8-9 – postal address SOUTHPORT, Merseyside
PR25-26 – postal address LEYLAND, Lancs. (separated from PRESTON, PR5 in Dec. 2000)


There are also the non-geographic postcode districts for specific compaines, PR0 and PR11 (post town PRESTON).

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