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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.
Map
Ref | Street | Area | City | Era | Company | Location | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
WQU001 | Stephenson Street | Willington Quay | North Tyneside | Queen Victoria | 54.989466, -1.492532 | Wall mounted postbox | |
WSD004 | Hadrian Road | Wallsend | Wallsend | Queen Victoria | 54.9903, -1.521932 | Wall mounted postbox | |
KIL002 | Great Lime Road | Forest Hall | Killingworth | Queen Victoria | 55.026244, -1.560239 | Wall mounted postbox | |
JES013 | Jesmond Dene Road | Jesmond | Newcastle | Queen Victoria | 54.988542, -1.593061 | Wall mounted postbox | |
JES014 | Holly Avenue | Jesmond | Newcastle | Queen Victoria | 54.988448, -1.600123 | Standalone | |
JES015 | Fern Avenue | Jesmond | Newcastle | Queen Victoria | 54.989345, -1.602307 | Standalone | |
JES016 | Queens Terrace | Jesmond | Newcastle | Queen Victoria | 54.990707, -1.601558 | Standalone | |
JES017 | Manor House Road | Jesmond | Newcastle | Queen Victoria | 54.99157, -1.59805 | Standalone | |
JES018 | Fenwick Terrace | Jesmond | Newcastle | Queen Victoria | 54.989338, -1.594903 | Wall mounted postbox | |
JES019 | Cadogan Road | Jesmond | Newcastle | Queen Victoria | 54.994988, -1.599626 | Standalone | |
JES020 | Osborne Road | Jesmond | Newcastle | Queen Victoria | 54.996205, -1.609686 | Standalone | |
JES021 | Vale Walk | Jesmond | Newcastle | Queen Victoria | 54.983422, -1.590905 | Standalone |
List
See the gallery below of existing historic postboxes from the region, many kindly submitted!
Background image: Denton Post Office, 1900. Source: Newcastle Libraries
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