On 29 May 2015 at 11:43, Colin Smale <colin.sm...@xs4all.nl> wrote: > > > > > > On 2015-05-29 11:58, pmailkeey . wrote: > > > > On 29 May 2015 at 07:34, Colin Smale <colin.sm...@xs4all.nl> wrote: > > > > 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. > > > The house is in Gloucestershire. RM say it is in Chepstow, which is in > Wales, but according to RM this bit of Chepstow is in Glocs. >
Geographically, Tutshill is not in Chepstow, it's near Chepstow. 1 Bigstone Meadow NP16 7JU would easily reach the correct destination - as would 1 NP16 7JU > (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. > > > Which just emphasises how confusing it all is. Peterborough is not in > Cambridgeshire from an administrative perspective - it's a Unitary > Authority, within the Ceremonial County of Cambridgeshire which lives on in > people's minds and through the office of Lord Lieutenant. So is your aunt's > house in Norfolk, Peterborough or Cambridgeshire? The answer is "all of the > above" - it depends on your perspective. > > > It's arguably in WISBECH (postTown) (Cambridgeshire.) But it isn't. Small village just outside Wisbech. Small village is spread out enough to be in two counties. For some strange reason, RM chose settlements rather than counties to determine postcodes. -- 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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