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
SN
The SN postcode area is centred on Swindon and covers northern Wiltshire, plus FARINGDON in Oxfordshire. The SN25 and 26 districts have been recently separated from SN2.SN1-6 postal address SWINDON






SN7 postal address FARINGDON, Oxon.
SN8 postal address MARLBOROUGH, Wilts.
SN9 postal address PEWSEY, Wilts.
SN10 postal address DEVIZES, Wilts.
SN11 postal address CALNE, Wilts.





SN12 postal address MELKSHAM, Wilts.
SN13 postal address CORSHAM, Wilts.
SN14-15 postal address CHIPPENHAM, Wilts.
SN16 postal address MALMESBURY, Wilts.





SN25-26 postal address SWINDON


There are also the non-geographic postcode districts, SN38 and SN99 (post town SWINDON).
SO
SO are the first two letters of Southampton and this area extends to Winchester and Alresford in the north, and the eastern half of the New Forest in the south. Its original single-digit postcodes were renumbered in 1993, changing SO1 to two-digit numbers starting with a 1, etc. The new numbering began at 14 perhaps so as to run consecutively through to the 20s.SO14-19 postal address SOUTHAMPTON






SO20 postal address STOCKBRIDGE, Hants.
SO21-23 postal address WINCHESTER, Hants.
SO24 postal address ALRESFORD, Hants.





SO30-32 postal address SOUTHAMPTON



SO40 postal address SOUTHAMPTON
SO41 postal address LYMINGTON, Hants.
SO42 postal address BROCKENHURST, Hants.
SO43 postal address LYNDHURST, Hants.
SO45 postal address SOUTHAMPTON





SO50 postal address EASTLEIGH, Hants.
SO51 postal address ROMSEY, Hants.
SO52 postal address SOUTHAMPTON
SO53 postal address EASTLEIGH, Hants.




SP
The letters SP stand for Salisbury Plain this area includes northeast Dorset and the FORDINGBRIDGE part of the New Forest, as well as ANDOVER in addition to southern Wiltshire.SP1-5 postal address SALISBURY





SP6 postal address FORDINGBRIDGE, Hants.
SP7 postal address SHAFTESBURY, Dorset
SP8 postal address GILLINGHAM, Dorset
SP9 postal address TIDWORTH, Hants.
SP10-11 postal address ANDOVER, Hants.






SR
The SR postcode area is a small one, based on Sunderland, and covers the short coastal stretch from there to Peterlee, Co. Durham.SR1-3 postal address SUNDERLAND



SR4-6 postal address SUNDERLAND



SR7 postal address SEAHAM, Co. Durham
SR8 postal address PETERLEE, Co. Durham


There is also the non-geographic postcode district for PO Boxes, SR9 (post town SUNDERLAND).
SS
The letters SS derive from Southend-on-Sea and this postcode area is a relatively small one, covering the southeast corner of Essex. It has a zero district, SS0, fairly unusually, but there is no SS10 curiously, since that is where WESTCLIFF-ON-SEA (SS0) would appear to naturally fall.SS0 postal address WESTCLIFF-ON-SEA, Essex
SS1-3 postal address SOUTHEND-ON-SEA




SS4 postal address ROCHFORD, Essex
SS5 postal address HOCKLEY, Essex
SS6 postal address RAYLEIGH, Essex
SS7 postal address BENFLEET, Essex




SS8 postal address CANVEY ISLAND, Essex
SS9 postal address LEIGH-ON-SEA, Essex
SS11-12 postal address WICKFORD, Essex




SS13-16 postal address BASILDON, Essex
SS17 postal address STANFORD-LE-HOPE, Essex





There is also the non-geographic postcode district for various companies, SS22 and SS99 (post town SOUTHEND-ON-SEA).
ST
ST is based on Stoke-on-Trent you can choose which of the three Ts is the relevant one! It covers Staffordshire apart from the southeast corner which falls under WS.ST1-4 postal address STOKE-ON-TRENT




ST5 postal address NEWCASTLE, Staffs.
ST6-8 postal address STOKE-ON-TRENT




ST9-12 postal address STOKE-ON-TRENT




ST13 postal address LEEK, Staffs.
ST14 postal address UTTOXETER, Staffs.
ST15 postal address STONE, Staffs.



ST16-21 postal address STAFFORD






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