Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Isle of Man's postal service was originally operated by the United Kingdom's General Post Office (GPO), with a daily postal connection with the UK since 1879. In 1966 the UK Government commenced planning to convert the General Post Office into a public corporation, and as part of this process offered each of the Crown Dependencies the opportunity to assume control of the operations of the ...
The Isle of Man parliament, known as Tynwald, is believed to be the oldest continuous parliamentary body in the world. The postal history of the island pre-dates introduction of the first postage stamps in 1840. The island used British stamps until 1958 when regional issues began. The Isle of Man Post Office was founded in 1973 to secure postal ...
Postcodes were introduced in the Isle of Man in 1993, with the island becoming the IM postcode area. Each town or area is associated with one or more postcode districts, assigned by Isle of Man Post Office. Outside the larger towns, the postcode districts are further broken down and each postal sector is assigned to a number of villages and ...
The Isle of Man (Manx: Mannin [ˈmanɪnʲ], also Ellan Vannin [ˈɛlʲan ˈvanɪnʲ]) or Mann (/ mæn / man), [10] is a self-governing British Crown Dependency in the Irish Sea, between Great Britain and Ireland. It is recognised as one of the Celtic nations and is the homeland of the Manx people, a Celtic ethnic group.
The Manx Electric Railway (Manx: Raad Yiarn Lectragh Vannin) is an electric interurban tramway connecting Douglas, Laxey and Ramsey in the Isle of Man. [1] It connects with the Douglas Bay Horse Tramway at its southern terminus at Derby Castle at the northern end of the promenade in Douglas, and with the Snaefell Mountain Railway at Laxey.
2d Map of Ireland: first Irish postage stamp The postage stamps of Ireland are issued by the postal operator of the independent Irish state. Ireland was part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland when the world's first postage stamps were issued in 1840. These stamps, and all subsequent British issues, were used throughout Ireland until the new Irish Government assumed power in ...
New History of the Isle of Man, Volume 1: The Evolution of the Natural Landscape. Davey, Peter (2010). A New History of the Isle of Man, Volume 2: Prehistory. Duffy, Sean (2005). A New History of the Isle of Man, Volume 3: The Medieval Period, 1000-1406. Belchem, John (2001). A New History of the Isle of Man, Volume 5: The Modern Period, 1830-1999.
1911 Isle of Man TT: Practice Rudge-Whitworth [6] 2 England: Frank R Bateman 6 June 1913 [7] Creg-ny-Baa: 1913 Isle of Man TT: Senior TT 499cc Rudge 3 United Kingdom: Fred Walker: 19 May 1914 [8] St Ninian's Crossroads [9] 1914 Isle of Man TT: Junior TT Royal Enfield 4 England: James H. H. Veasey [10] 15 June 1923 [11] Greeba Bridge: 1923 Isle ...