Information for record number MWA2200:
Victorian Postbox on corner of Emscote Road/Broad S

Summary A cylindrical Victorian cast iron post box dating to the Imperial period. It is situated on the corner of Coton End and Broad Street, Warwick.
What Is It?  
Type: Post Box
Period: Imperial - Industrial (1751 AD - 1913 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Warwick
District: Warwick, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 28 65
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
Source Number  

1 An "anonymous" cylindrical pillar box of 1883-1887 stands at this location.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: The Letter Box
Author/originator: J Y Farrugia
Date: 1969
Page Number: 72
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Glossary

 
Word or Phrase
Description  
period Imperial 1751 AD to 1914 AD (end of the 18th century AD to the beginning of the 20th century AD)

This period comes after the Post Medieval period and before the modern period and starts with beginning of the Industrial Revolution in 1750. It includes the second part of the Hannoverian period (1714 – 1836) and the Victorian period (1837 – 1901). The Imperial period ends with the start of the First World War in 1914.
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monument LETTER BOX * A box in which letters are deposited on delivery. back
monument POST BOX * A box in which letters are posted or deposited for dispatch. back
monument INDUSTRIAL * This is the top term for the class. See INDUSTRIAL Class List for narrow terms. back
monument PILLAR BOX * A hollow pillar, erected in a public place, containing a receptacle for posting letters. back

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