On 29 May 2015 at 07:34, Colin Smale <colin.sm...@xs4all.nl> wrote: > > > > Postcodes don't have addresses, but addresses can have postcodes. I say > "can have" and not "have" as addresses can exist without postcodes, for > example when the local authority has named the roads in a new estate but > the postcodes have not been allocated yet. You need to be able to talk > about addresses with the utility companies so they can connect all the > wires and pipes correctly and set up their backoffice systems for the new > customers. The postcode is often not known at that stage. >
Util cos have meter reference points and supply properties without addresses - including those with 'known' but not confirmed postcodes - based on existing addressed properties. > Only Royal Mail think Chepstow is in Gloucestershire, England. Normal > people think it is in Monmouthshire, Wales. This is the correct postal > address: > > 1 Bigstone Meadow > Tutshill > CHEPSTOW > NP16 7JU > And as expected, no mention of county or country - which RM just don't use. I'm not sure why you say RM thinks it's in Glocs since it's a Welsh PostCode. > (by the way, I picked this address arbitrarily from the internet. I have > friends in Tutshill (which is why I am aware of all the gory details here) > but not at this address) > My aunt lives in Norfolk. Her postcode is Peterborough, Cambridgeshire. -- Mike. @millomweb <https://sites.google.com/site/millomweb/index/introduction> - For all your info on Millom and South Copeland via *the area's premier website - * *currently unavailable due to ongoing harassment of me, my family, property & pets* T&Cs <https://sites.google.com/site/pmailkeey/e-mail>
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