Bournemouth: postbox № BH2 39, Bodorgan Road
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Bournemouth: postbox № BH2 39, Bodorgan Road by Chris Downer as part of the Geograph project.
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Bournemouth: postbox № BH2 39, Bodorgan Road
Image: © Chris Downer Taken: 10 Jul 2008
A Victorian postbox, one of those built during the period 1879-1887 when the royal cipher was omitted. During November 2013 it was inspected as part of a routine maintenance programme and its foundations were found to be irreparably rusted. It was therefore replaced by a more modern box: see Image
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
Image Location
Latitude
50.725309
Longitude
-1.878818