Old Cumbria Gazetteer |
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| post box, Longsleddale | ||
| locality:- | Longsleddale | |
| civil parish:- | Longsleddale (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | post box (wall) | |
| coordinates:- | NY50090287 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY5002 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY50 | |
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 BJF36.jpg Cast iron post box in a wall:- "POST OFFICE / E II R / NEXT COLLECTION / ... / ABBOT ENGINEERING" (taken 15.10.2004) |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 27 11) |
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| source data:- | Maps, County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25
inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton,
Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948. "Letter Box"  BII65.jpg |
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The victorian letter box that was here originally, was stolen one night together with
a part of the wall. |
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| Andrews, Hazel: 15.10.2004: personal communication |
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 BZE72.jpg courtesy of Dori and Geoff |
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| A lampbox set into a wall covered in ivy and creepers. |
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| Longsleddale is the "Greendale" of the Postman Pat books; Pat was created by John
Cunliffe when he was a teacher at Castle Green School, Kendal. Kendal Museum has a
Pat display and information. Of course like any good rural postman Pat collects people's
letters when he delivers to their houses, so perhaps this box doesn't get much use. |
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