EHL145. ERVII (Edward the Seventh) Type 'B' c1904-1910. Willingdon Road at the junction of Ocklynge Avenue and Selwyn Road, Eastbourne. what3words location: bank.doctor.moods

Letter Box Study Group: Type B manufactured by McDowall Steven is designated PB20.

Eastbourne’s Historic Street Furniture (1984) states that it is a Type B, large door with aperture in the door itself.

Condition: Generally good, but base looks corroded under paintwork with manufacturers details difficult to read.

Historic England: -

The roadside post box was introduced in Britain following the 1840 postal reform which provided for universal affordable postage. New adhesive stamps made pre-payment of postage easy. However, letters usually had to be taken to the nearest letter receiving office which could be miles away. This, together with the growth in demand for postal services linked to industrialisation and urbanisation, led to the need for many more convenient places where stamped letters could be deposited. The novelist Anthony Trollope, a General Post Office (GPO) official sent to Jersey to make recommendations, provided a solution. He adopted a system used on the Continent of placing locked cast-iron pillar boxes at the roadside and the provision of regular collection times. His scheme began in the Channel Islands in 1852 and was extended to the mainland in 1853.

EHL156. ERVII (Edward the Seventh) Wall Box Type 'B'. c1901-1904. Opposite 30 Saffrons Road, Eastbourne. what3words location: riding.casino.bets

Manufactured by W. T. Allen & Co London (the makers name is covered in multiple layers of paint, but is just discernible).

The Letter Box Study Group: Type B (33” high x 14” wide) with plain ERVII Cypher (no serifs on VII) is designated WB89/iii.

Historic England: -

The roadside post box was introduced in Britain following the 1840 postal reform which provided for universal affordable postage. New adhesive stamps made pre-payment of postage easy. However, letters usually had to be taken to the nearest letter receiving office which could be miles away. This, together with the growth in demand for postal services linked to industrialisation and urbanisation, led to the need for many more convenient places where stamped letters could be deposited. The novelist Anthony Trollope, a General Post Office (GPO) official sent to Jersey to make recommendations, provided a solution. He adopted a system used on the Continent of placing locked cast-iron pillar boxes at the roadside and the provision of regular collection times. His scheme began in the Channel Islands in 1852 and was extended to the mainland in 1853.

EHL95. ERVII (Edward the Seventh) Wall Box Type 'C'. c1904-1910. Meads Road at the junction with Grassington Road, Eastbourne. what3words location: actors.chins.copy

Letter Box Study Group: Type C with new Crown & serifs on VII manufactured by W.T. Allen 1904-1910, designated WB94.   

Surveyed by Kevin Gordon.

Historic England: -

The roadside post box was introduced in Britain following the 1840 postal reform which provided for universal affordable postage. New adhesive stamps made pre-payment of postage easy. However, letters usually had to be taken to the nearest letter receiving office which could be miles away. This, together with the growth in demand for postal services linked to industrialisation and urbanisation, led to the need for many more convenient places where stamped letters could be deposited. The novelist Anthony Trollope, a General Post Office (GPO) official sent to Jersey to make recommendations, provided a solution. He adopted a system used on the Continent of placing locked cast-iron pillar boxes at the roadside and the provision of regular collection times. His scheme began in the Channel Islands in 1852 and was extended to the mainland in 1853.

EHL176. ERVII (Edward the Seventh) Type 'B' c1904-1910. Susans Road near the junction with Firle Road, Eastbourne. what3words location: crowned.splash.yappy

Letter Box Study Group: Type B manufactured by McDowall Steven is designated PB20.

Strangely, the pillar box is set at an odd angle to the road, which makes it an outlier in Eastbourne at least. Other boxes set at slight angles are those that are positioned at the junctions of roads, which makes sense, but this box is not on a corner or at a junction, so it is difficult to understand why it was positioned like this.

Historic England: -

The roadside post box was introduced in Britain following the 1840 postal reform which provided for universal affordable postage. New adhesive stamps made pre-payment of postage easy. However, letters usually had to be taken to the nearest letter receiving office which could be miles away. This, together with the growth in demand for postal services linked to industrialisation and urbanisation, led to the need for many more convenient places where stamped letters could be deposited. The novelist Anthony Trollope, a General Post Office (GPO) official sent to Jersey to make recommendations, provided a solution. He adopted a system used on the Continent of placing locked cast-iron pillar boxes at the roadside and the provision of regular collection times. His scheme began in the Channel Islands in 1852 and was extended to the mainland in 1853.

EHL148. ERVII (Edward the Seventh) Type 'B' c1901-1904. 100 Royal Parade. Carlton Road/Royal Parade corner that joins Royal Parade proper, Eastbourne. what3words location: barbarian.bedroom.corner

Letter Box Study Group: Type B with curled Cypher and 11” wide ‘Handyside DERBY & LONDON’ signature on the base (sub-Type c) is designated PB18/iii.

Historic England: -

The roadside post box was introduced in Britain following the 1840 postal reform which provided for universal affordable postage. New adhesive stamps made pre-payment of postage easy. However, letters usually had to be taken to the nearest letter receiving office which could be miles away. This, together with the growth in demand for postal services linked to industrialisation and urbanisation, led to the need for many more convenient places where stamped letters could be deposited. The novelist Anthony Trollope, a General Post Office (GPO) official sent to Jersey to make recommendations, provided a solution. He adopted a system used on the Continent of placing locked cast-iron pillar boxes at the roadside and the provision of regular collection times. His scheme began in the Channel Islands in 1852 and was extended to the mainland in 1853.

EHL144. ERVII (Edward the Seventh) Type 'B' c1901-1904. Holywell Road at junction with Dukes Drive, Eastbourne. what3words location: soil.toward.boring

Letter Box Study Group: Type B with curled Cypher and 8” wide ‘Handyside Derby & London’ on base (sub-Type b) is designated PB18/ii.

Historic England: -

The roadside post box was introduced in Britain following the 1840 postal reform which provided for universal affordable postage. New adhesive stamps made pre-payment of postage easy. However, letters usually had to be taken to the nearest letter receiving office which could be miles away. This, together with the growth in demand for postal services linked to industrialisation and urbanisation, led to the need for many more convenient places where stamped letters could be deposited. The novelist Anthony Trollope, a General Post Office (GPO) official sent to Jersey to make recommendations, provided a solution. He adopted a system used on the Continent of placing locked cast-iron pillar boxes at the roadside and the provision of regular collection times. His scheme began in the Channel Islands in 1852 and was extended to the mainland in 1853.

EHL147. ERVII (Edward the Seventh) Type 'B' c1901-1904. 25 Arlington Road, Eastbourne. what3words location: gent.vibes.incomes

Letter Box Study Group: Type B with curled Cypher and 11” wide ‘Handyside DERBY & LONDON’ signature on the base (sub-Type c) is designated PB18/iii.

Historic England: -

The roadside post box was introduced in Britain following the 1840 postal reform which provided for universal affordable postage. New adhesive stamps made pre-payment of postage easy. However, letters usually had to be taken to the nearest letter receiving office which could be miles away. This, together with the growth in demand for postal services linked to industrialisation and urbanisation, led to the need for many more convenient places where stamped letters could be deposited. The novelist Anthony Trollope, a General Post Office (GPO) official sent to Jersey to make recommendations, provided a solution. He adopted a system used on the Continent of placing locked cast-iron pillar boxes at the roadside and the provision of regular collection times. His scheme began in the Channel Islands in 1852 and was extended to the mainland in 1853.