Postbox, Ilderton

  • Description

    "The Victorian postbox is in the wall of [[3237119]] Roadside wall boxes first appeared in 1857 as a cheaper alternative to pillar boxes, especially in rural districts. They were initially painted green but uniformly painted red in the late 1800s http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post_box" Photo by Andrew Curtis, 2012.
  • Owner

    Andrew Curtis
  • Source

    Geograph (Geograph)
  • License

    What does this mean? Creative Commons License
  • Further information

    Link: http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3237128
    Resource type: Image
    Added by: Simon Cotterill
    Last modified: 7 years, 7 months ago
    Viewed: 725 times
    Picture Taken: 2012-11-23
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