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Monument record MDR5597 - Post Box, Victoria Avenue, Borrowash, Ockbrook

Type and Period (1)

  • (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Full Description

'V.R.' post box on Victoria Avenue. (1) Wall box of type cast by W T Allen & Co. during the period 1881-1904. (2) Looking at Google Maps Street View, the post box is still in situ [2012]. (3)

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <1> Bibliographic reference: Fowkes, D. 1986. Derbyshire Industrial Archaeology - A Gazetteer of Sites. Part II - Borough of Erewash. p 36.
  • <2> Unpublished document: County Treasure Recording Form. 19.1, photos.
  • <3> *Internet Web Site: Google Maps. http://maps.google.com/. Website viewed 15/08/2012.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SK 417 348 (100m by 100m) (Approximate)
Civil Parish OCKBROOK, EREWASH, DERBYSHIRE

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Record last edited

Jul 8 2015 11:08AM

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