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Postboxes in Chester

Explore 159 mapped postboxes in Chester.

Chester currently has 159 mapped postboxes recorded by The Postbox Hunter. The postboxes in Chester include 7 recorded royal cyphers. The most common is EIIR, recorded on 91 postboxes, representing 57.2% of the mapped total. The complete recorded cypher list is: EIIR (91), GR (17), GVIR (12), VR (5), no (4), EVIIR (3) and scottish_crown (1). 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 75 mapped examples. The data contains 5 different recorded postbox types. Across the available tagging data, 12 designs are represented. This information is generated from the latest postbox location and tagging data available to The Postbox Hunter.

• 159 mapped postboxes • 7 recorded royal cyphers • Recorded cyphers: EIIR (91), GR (17), GVIR (12), VR (5), no (4), EVIIR (3), scottish_crown (1) • 5 recorded postbox types • 12 recorded designs • 0 recorded colours • Most common cypher: EIIR (91 postboxes) • Most common type: Pillar (75) • Earliest recognised cypher: VR • Most recent recognised cypher: EIIR

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Cypher
Type
Design
Colour
place
Notes
GVIR
pillar
type_b
-
Bretton
-
-
-
-
Bretton
GR
pillar
type_a
-
Queens Park
EIIR
pillar
type_b
-
Chester
GR
pillar
type_b
-
Great Boughton
EIIR
pillar
type_k
-
Chester
EIIR
pillar
type_b
-
Chester
EIIR
pillar
type_c
-
Chester
GR
wall
type_c
-
Queens Park
EIIR
pillar
type_k
-
Great Boughton
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