Postbox Project | North East Heritage Library 4/14

The Postbox Project is an initiative to map the North East's pre-1907 postboxes both removed and still in place. Postboxes help us gain a deeper understanding of the city's social fabric, while providing insight into the great sweeping change the area has undertaken in the past century.

We have also started this project thanks to the growing interest in postboxes. We encourage anyone interested to send us photos of the iterations they've spotted so we can build a catalogue of the trusty boxes still serving the city.

Please feel free to email me photos of postboxes you've taken or send them to me on Twitter!

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Ref	Street	Area	City	Era	Location	Type
GOS004	Henry Street	Gosforth	Newcastle	Queen Victoria	55.009745, -1.620977	Standalone
GOS005	Station Road	Gosforth	Newcastle	Queen Victoria	55.006061, -1.609684	Standalone
GOS006	Kenton Lane	Gosforth	Newcastle	Queen Victoria	54.996896, -1.629601	Wall mounted postbox
WSD01	Elton Street West	Wallsend	Wallsend	Queen Victoria	54.991267, -1.540872	Wall mounted postbox
WSD02	Buddle Stret	Wallsend	Newcastle	Queen Victoria	54.986847, -1.535068	Wall mounted postbox
WSD03	Wallsend Railway Station	Wallsend	Wallsend	Queen Victoria	54.989461, -1.531983	Wall mounted postbox
WIL001	Churchill Street	Willington	North Tyneside	Queen Victoria	55.003161, -1.505178	Wall mounted postbox
KIL001	Forest Hall Road	Killingworth	North Tyneside	King Edward VII	55.021664, -1.561888	Wall mounted postbox
NSH001	West Percy Street	North Shields	North Shields	Queen Victoria	55.00781, -1.453543	Standalone
HOL001	East Holywell Colliery	Holywell	North Tyneside	Queen Victoria	55.050475, -1.514086	Wall mounted postbox
NSH002	Albion Street	North Shields	North Shields	Queen Victoria	55.00949, -1.452217	Standalone
NSH003	Preston Road	North Shields	North Shields	Queen Victoria	55.01183, -1.448977	Standalone