Postal addresses: a little history and a lot of photos

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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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