2014

SK5539 : Former Lenton Post Office postbox ref NG7 124

taken 10 years ago, near to Lenton, Nottingham, England

Former Lenton Post Office postbox ref NG7 124
Former Lenton Post Office postbox ref NG7 124
One of a pair of adjacent VR pillar boxes (see also Link on Lenton Boulevard.
Victorian Postboxes

In the British Isles the first pillar post boxes were erected in Jersey in 1852. Roadside wall boxes first appeared in 1857 as a cheaper alternative to pillar boxes, especially in rural districts. In 1853 the first pillar box in Britain was installed at Botchergate, Carlisle. In 1856 Richard Redgrave of the Department of Science and Art designed an ornate pillar box for use in London and other large cities. In 1859 the design was improved, and this became the first National Standard pillar box. Green was adopted as the standard colour for the early Victorian post boxes. Between 1866 and 1879 the hexagonal Penfold post box became the standard design for pillar boxes and it was during this period that red was first adopted as the standard colour. The first boxes to be painted red were in London in July 1874, although it would be nearly 10 years before all the boxes had been repainted.


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SK5539, 329 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Alan Murray-Rust   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Sunday, 2 February, 2014   (more nearby)
Submitted
Tuesday, 4 February, 2014
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SK 5558 3925 [10m precision]
WGS84: 52:56.8659N 1:10.4564W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SK 5558 3925
View Direction
West-northwest (about 292 degrees)
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