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Postal counties of the United Kingdom

The postal counties of the United Kingdom, now known as former postal counties, were postal subdivisions in routine use by the Royal Mail until 1996. The purpose of the postal county – as opposed to any other kind of county – was to aid the sorting of mail by differentiating between similar post towns. Since 1996 this has been done by using the outward…

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Location
United Kingdom
Abolished
1996
Category
Postal geography
Created
Derived from historic counties; Major revision 1974
Number
116 (as of 1996)
Possible types
England (48) · Northern Ireland (6) · Scotland (54) · Wales (8)

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Postal counties in operation from 1974 to 1996

After 1996

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Postal counties of the United Kingdom

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Possible types · 4
Postal counties of the United Kingdom → England (48), Northern Ireland (6), Scotland (54), Wales (8)
Abolished · 1
Postal counties of the United Kingdom → 1996
Category · 1
Postal counties of the United Kingdom → Postal geography
Created · 1
Postal counties of the United Kingdom → Derived from historic counties; Major revision 1974
Location · 1
Postal counties of the United Kingdom → United Kingdom
Number · 1
Postal counties of the United Kingdom → 116 (as of 1996)
Subdivisions · 1
Postal counties of the United Kingdom → Post town

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postal county counties post mail addresses royal towns london former data address town boundaries part postcode local government included use

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Postal counties of the United KingdomAbolished19961.00infobox
Postal counties of the United KingdomCategoryPostal geography1.00infobox
Postal counties of the United KingdomCreatedDerived from historic counties; Major revision 19741.00infobox
Postal counties of the United KingdomLocationUnited Kingdom1.00infobox
Postal counties of the United KingdomNumber116 (as of 1996)1.00infobox
Postal counties of the United KingdomPossible typesEngland (48)1.00infobox
Postal counties of the United KingdomPossible typesNorthern Ireland (6)1.00infobox
Postal counties of the United KingdomPossible typesScotland (54)1.00infobox
Postal counties of the United KingdomPossible typesWales (8)1.00infobox
Postal counties of the United KingdomSubdivisionsPost town1.00infobox

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    Postal counties of the United Kingdom

    Nodes59
    Edges58
    Triples10
    Avg. degree1.97
    Density0.033898
    Components1
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