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Oxford post boxes: George V (1910–1936)

Pillar box on corner of Leopold Street and Hurst Street
Corner of Leopold Street
and Hurst Street [C]

Pillar box outside 317 Woodstock Road
In front of
317 Woodstock Road [C]

Pillar box on corner of Beechcroft and Woodstock Road
Woodstock Road, corner of
Beechcroft Road [C]

Pillar box in Fifield Road
Fyfield Road
[M]

Pillar box on the corner of Arnold Road and Donnington Bridge Road
Corner of Donnington Bridge
Road and Arnold Road  [C]

Pillar box outside 86 Abingdon Road
West side of Abingdon Road
outside No. 86 [C]

Wall box in Old High Street, Headington, at junction with St Andrew's Road
St Andrew’s Road (junction
of Old High Street) [D]

Pillar box in Leckford Road
Pillar box in Leckford Road [C]
(Adjoining pouch box now removed)

Wall box in Dunstan Road, Headington, near Stoke Place
Dunstan Road (junction of
Stoke Place) [A]

Key:   [A] W. T. Allen & Co;    [C] Carron Company, Stirlingshire;   [D] Derby Castings Limited (Derby);
[M] McDowall, Steven & Co. Ltd. (London & Glasgow)

As George V was the first King George in the era of the letter box, those erected in his reign are simply marked GR.
(This notion was abandoned, however, in the next two reigns, hence E II R and C II R.)

In this reign all boxes still had the standard 6¼-inch (15.9cm) aperture rather than the present 8-inch (20.3cm) one.

The photographs shown above are just a selection, not a comprehensive list. There are many other George V boxes in Oxford, including the following.

Pillar boxes
  • Florence Park Road
  • Grays Road, Headington
  • New High Street, Headington
  • Portland Road, Summertown
  • Risinghurst Post Office
  • Rose Hill
  • St Luke's Road
  • Wolvercote, at junction of First Turn and St Peter's Road
Wall boxes
  • Abberbury Road, Iffley
  • Barnet Street and Golden Road junction
  • Beaumont Road, Headington Quarry
  • Cowley Road, east side (a few yards to the north of Cowley Road Methodist Church)
  • Jack Straw's Lane
  • Morrell Avenue
  • Observatory Street
  • Rock Edge, Headington
  • Sandfield Road, Headington
  • Valentia Road, Headington
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