Topic ID 5426
So good they named it twice . [:D] How long before your address will just be a barcode ? [:(] http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/royal-mail/7919253/Counties-to-be-axed-from-postal-addresses.html
Reply ID 76019
Counties have not been a requirement for major towns for some time. Hertford is an example. I worked with the the Royal Mail's Postal Address file over a decade ago and the county name was not a part of formal address even then. Technically, the correct address format for any premises in Hertford is: 12 My Street [Locale] Hertford SG13 9ZZ If fact most of the address is redundant. If you just write the postcode and property number on an envelope, it should get there.
Reply ID 76020
Some years ago I was told that Hertford addresses did not need to have the county added as it is the county town. However my view is the same as Steve, all you need is the postcode and house number. Although I did once receive a postcard with just my surname, the road and town.....plus the words "next to the willow tree"!
Reply ID 76021
I seem to remeber when they tried to get rid of Rutland as a county there was uproar, and Middlesex ceased to formally exist a long time ago but people still use them, it may be old fashioned but I still think it is nice to have a sense of place that the county names gives, as you said soon we will all be just barcodes!
Reply ID 76022
quote:The reality is as Steve suggests, but I'm with the theory that Hertfordshire may be ommitted without losing formality, because we are the county town. Having said that, I'm frequently stunned that, when I give Hertford as a location, I'm asked "Where's that?" or worse still, "what county?". Surely there's a clue in the name!
Originally posted by Marilyn
I seem to remeber when they tried to get rid of Rutland as a county there was uproar, and Middlesex ceased to formally exist a long time ago but people still use them, it may be old fashioned but I still think it is nice to have a sense of place that the county names gives, as you said soon we will all be just barcodes!
Reply ID 76023
quote:Yes, look at how Barnet has hung on to being "Barnet, Hertfordshire" even though it hasn't been part of Herts since 1965. When I worked down there in 2003, it annoyed me that all the addresses on our database said 'Barnet, Herts' and I tried to change it but was told (ironically, given the subject of this thread) that the Royal Mail insisted on it! Older locals very much thought of themselves as South Hertfordshire people and the London Borough of Barnet where they actually lived was just some artificial administrative annoyance.
Originally posted by Marilyn
it may be old fashioned but I still think it is nice to have a sense of place that the county names gives
Reply ID 76025
My father once received a Christmas card addressed to: "Mr Butler, The Big House By The River, Dorset."
Reply ID 76026
quote:Rachel. Barnet is in Hertfordshire. FACT. (and you aint gonna change it) [:o)]
Originally posted by Rachelquote:Yes, look at how Barnet has hung on to being "Barnet, Hertfordshire" even though it hasn't been part of Herts since 1965. When I worked down there in 2003, it annoyed me that all the addresses on our database said 'Barnet, Herts' and I tried to change it but was told (ironically, given the subject of this thread) that the Royal Mail insisted on it! Older locals very much thought of themselves as South Hertfordshire people and the London Borough of Barnet where they actually lived was just some artificial administrative annoyance.
Originally posted by Marilyn
it may be old fashioned but I still think it is nice to have a sense of place that the county names gives
Reply ID 76027
quote:Every map I look at,Barnet is just south of the Hertfordshire boundary, but not in it.
Originally posted by James007quote:Rachel. Barnet is in Hertfordshire. FACT. (and you aint gonna change it) [:o)]
Originally posted by Rachelquote:Yes, look at how Barnet has hung on to being "Barnet, Hertfordshire" even though it hasn't been part of Herts since 1965. When I worked down there in 2003, it annoyed me that all the addresses on our database said 'Barnet, Herts' and I tried to change it but was told (ironically, given the subject of this thread) that the Royal Mail insisted on it! Older locals very much thought of themselves as South Hertfordshire people and the London Borough of Barnet where they actually lived was just some artificial administrative annoyance.
Originally posted by Marilyn
it may be old fashioned but I still think it is nice to have a sense of place that the county names gives