Chester Crescent, Pillar Box

HER Number

4635

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Chester Crescent, Pillar Box

Place

Sandyford

Map Sheet

NZ26NE

Class

Communications

Site Type: Broad

Postal System Structure

Site Type: Specific

Pillar Box

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Mid 20th Century 1933 to 1966

Form of Evidence

Structure

Description

This Pillar box at the junction of Chester Crescent and Sandyford Road dates from, and bears the motif of, the short reign of Edward VIII. LOCAL LIST

Easting

425607

Northing

565208

Grid Reference

NZ425607565208

Sources

<< HER 4635 >> I. Ayris & S.M. Linsley, 1994, A Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of Tyne and Wear, p 35; Christopher Goulding, 1995, Hidden Newcastle, p 7.