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Postboxes in Cambridge

Explore 185 mapped postboxes in Cambridge.

Cambridge currently has 185 mapped postboxes recorded by The Postbox Hunter. The postboxes in Cambridge include 6 recorded royal cyphers. The most common is EIIR, recorded on 104 postboxes, representing 56.2% of the mapped total. The complete recorded cypher list is: EIIR (104), GR (29), GVIR (16), no (12), VR (11) and EVIIR (4). Among the recognised royal cyphers in the data, VR is the earliest recorded and EIIR is the most recent. The most commonly recorded postbox type is Pillar, with 133 mapped examples. The data contains 5 different recorded postbox types. Across the available tagging data, 12 designs and 2 colours are represented. The most frequently recorded colour is Red, appearing on 7 mapped postboxes. This information is generated from the latest postbox location and tagging data available to The Postbox Hunter.

• 185 mapped postboxes • 6 recorded royal cyphers • Recorded cyphers: EIIR (104), GR (29), GVIR (16), no (12), VR (11), EVIIR (4) • 5 recorded postbox types • 12 recorded designs • 2 recorded colours • Most common cypher: EIIR (104 postboxes) • Most common type: Pillar (133) • Earliest recognised cypher: VR • Most recent recognised cypher: EIIR

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Cypher
Type
Design
Colour
place
Notes
no
pillar
-
-
Cambridge
EIIR
lamp
-
red
Fen Ditton
EIIR
pillar
type_b
-
Fen Ditton
EIIR
pillar
type_k
-
Cambridge
no
pillar
-
-
Cambridge
EIIR
pillar
-
-
Cambridge
EIIR
pillar
type_a
-
Cambridge
EVIIR
pillar
-
-
Cambridge
GR
pillar
type_b
-
Cambridge
EIIR
pillar
type_a
-
Cambridge
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