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Latitude: 57.1307 / 57°7'50"N
Longitude: -2.0833 / 2°5'0"W
OS Eastings: 395053
OS Northings: 804422
OS Grid: NJ950044
Mapcode National: GBR SFK.LH
Mapcode Global: WH9QX.Z13C
Plus Code: 9C9V4WJ8+7M
Entry Name: Edward VIII Pillar Box, Gregness Gardens, Aberdeen
Listing Name: Gregness Gardens at Girdleness Road, Edward VIII Pillar Box
Listing Date: 9 June 2000
Category: B
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 394645
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB47266
Building Class: Cultural
ID on this website: 200394645
Location: Aberdeen
County: Aberdeen
Town: Aberdeen
Electoral Ward: Torry/Ferryhill
Traditional County: Kincardineshire
Tagged with: Edward VIII pillar box
1936. Columnar pillar box with swept frieze to shallow-domed cap, dentilled at rim. Cast-iron. Base (painted black), shaft bearing "EVIIIR" in raised gothic lettering with crown above and "Post Office" below.
One of very few post boxes cast in the short reign of Edward VIII bearing his cipher "EVIIIR". A total of 271 letter boxes were made in 1936, 161 of which were pillar boxes. Of those still surviving the only other in Aberdeen is on Desswood Place (see separate listing).
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