
Raphael post boxes
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 |
