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Pillar Box on Pavement outside Nos. 60 & 62

Aberdare East, Rhondda Cynon Taff, Wales

A Grade II listed building in Aberdare East, Rhondda Cynon Taff, designated on 10 January 1991.

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913) covering the location of Pillar Box on Pavement outside Nos. 60 & 62, Aberdare East, Rhondda Cynon Taff, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Designation
Listed building, Grade II
Broad class
Communications
Date of designation
10 January 1991
Community
Aberdare East
Unitary authority
Rhondda Cynon Taff
Country
Wales
Coordinates
51.71282, -3.44376
Cadw reference
10840

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1636 · Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ... (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1637 · The fourth table of England. Cornub. Devonia, Somerset etc. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1865 · England and Wales. England No. 6. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1895 · Sheet 11. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1898 · 231 Merthyr Tydfil (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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Cadw's description

On the pavement at the roadside.

Circular cast-iron red letter box of standard design. Fluted rim to shallow domed cap; crowned GR monogram to door. Manufactured by McDowell Stephens and Co, London.

Included for its group value in this Conservation Area.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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