2018

TL1898 : VR postbox on Thorpe Road, Peterborough

taken 5 years ago, near to Longthorpe, Peterborough, England

VR postbox on Thorpe Road, Peterborough
VR postbox on Thorpe Road, Peterborough
This VR pillar box (no. PE3 50D) is located next to the Sessions House, the city's former court house which now functions as a restaurant.
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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Geographical Context: Business, Retail, Services City, Town centre Communications Postbox: Pillar Box VR Primary Subject: Postbox Place: Peterborough other tags: Post Box Pillar Box Victorian Pillar Box Post-Box Postbox Postbox VR VR Postbox VR Letterbox Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Articles: · Postboxes in the PE Postal Area Automatic Clusters: · Road in Peterborough [53] · Thorpe Road [43] ·
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Paul Bryan   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Friday, 5 October, 2018   (more nearby)
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Thursday, 18 October, 2018
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OSGB36: geotagged! TL 1840 9862 [10m precision]
WGS84: 52:34.3514N 0:15.2617W
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OSGB36: geotagged! TL 1841 9862
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