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Latitude: 51.4841 / 51°29'2"N
Longitude: -3.1968 / 3°11'48"W
OS Eastings: 316991
OS Northings: 176801
OS Grid: ST169768
Mapcode National: GBR KDK.5Z
Mapcode Global: VH6F6.JYTQ
Plus Code: 9C3RFRM3+J7
Entry Name: Pillar Box outside No.82
Listing Date: 24 May 2002
Last Amended: 24 May 2002
Grade: II
Source: Cadw
Source ID: 26680
Building Class: Communications
ID on this website: 300026680
Location: In the centre of the Community in an area of contemporary housing and about 100m north of the Church of St. Mary of the Angels.
County: Cardiff
Town: Cardiff
Community: Riverside
Community: Riverside
Locality: Canton
Built-Up Area: Cardiff
Traditional County: Glamorgan
Tagged with: Pillar box
This letter box is the V R standard cylindrical design which was current from 1887-1901. This particular one was probably sited in c1890 when the street was being developed. There is another one nearby in Lansdowne Road, Canton (qv).
Cast iron cylindrical pillar box with V R monogram which is also marked in relief lettering Handyside and Co. Derby and London.
Included for its special interest as an increasingly rare late Victorian letter box.
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