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Postboxes in Folkestone

Explore 95 mapped postboxes in Folkestone.

Folkestone currently has 95 mapped postboxes recorded by The Postbox Hunter. The postboxes in Folkestone include 7 recorded royal cyphers. The most common is EIIR, recorded on 21 postboxes, representing 22.1% of the mapped total. The complete recorded cypher list is: EIIR (21), GR (20), EVIIR (8), VR (8), GVIR (5), CIIIR (1) and no (1). Among the recognised royal cyphers in the data, VR is the earliest recorded and CIIIR is the most recent. The most commonly recorded postbox type is Pillar, with 41 mapped examples. The data contains 4 different recorded postbox types. Across the available tagging data, 6 designs are represented. This information is generated from the latest postbox location and tagging data available to The Postbox Hunter.

• 95 mapped postboxes • 7 recorded royal cyphers • Recorded cyphers: EIIR (21), GR (20), EVIIR (8), VR (8), GVIR (5), CIIIR (1), no (1) • 4 recorded postbox types • 6 recorded designs • 0 recorded colours • Most common cypher: EIIR (21 postboxes) • Most common type: Pillar (41) • Earliest recognised cypher: VR • Most recent recognised cypher: CIIIR

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Cypher
Type
Design
Colour
place
Notes
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Sandgate
GVIR
wall
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Seabrook
| mounting = brick_pillar
GR
wall
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Sandgate
EVIIR
pillar
type_a
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Folkestone
EIIR
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Folkestone
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Sandgate
GVIR
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Sandgate
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-
-
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Sandgate
EVIIR
pillar
type_a
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Seabrook
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Seabrook
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