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The postcode area originated in 1857 as the SE district. In 1868 it gained some of the area of the short-lived S district, with the rest going to SW.It was divided into numbered districts in 1917, by giving the district closest to London that hosted the head office the suffix "1" and all others alphabetically based on a locally important parish, chapelry, topological or built environment ...
This is a list of postcode areas, used by Royal Mail for the purposes of directing mail within the United Kingdom. The postcode area is the largest geographical unit used and forms the initial characters of the alphanumeric UK postcode. [1]
Postcode areas shown with former postal counties. This is a list of postcode districts in the United Kingdom and Crown Dependencies. A group of postcode districts with the same alphabetical prefix is called a postcode area. All, or part, of one or more postcode districts are grouped into post towns. [1]
Pages in category "Postcode areas covering South East England" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
This is a list of post towns in the United Kingdom and Crown Dependencies, sorted by the postcode area ... SE: South-East London: London [Note 40] SG: Stevenage:
For the purposes of directing mail, the United Kingdom (although the populations listed just show figures for England, Wales and Northern Ireland), is divided by Royal Mail into postcode areas. The postcode area is the largest geographical unit used and forms the initial characters of the alphanumeric UK postcode . [ 1 ]
English: Labelled map of Royal Mail postcode districts of the SE postcode area. Indicative postcode districts shown in red, post towns shown in grey. Equirectangular projection with latitude stretching 160%, WGS84 datum. Geographic limits: Main 1:76,000 map: West: 0.135W; East: 0.153E; North: 51.524N; South: 51.38N
The London postal district is the area in England of 241 square miles (620 km 2) to which mail addressed to the London post town is delivered. The General Post Office under the control of the Postmaster General directed Sir Rowland Hill to devise the area in 1856 and throughout its history it has been subject to reorganisation and division into increasingly smaller postal units, with the early ...