Thread: [OT] Postal counties to be dropped from the Postcode Address File
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Old August 7th 10, 06:51 PM posted to uk.transport.london
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Default [OT] Postal counties to be dropped from the Postcode AddressFile
On 07/08/10 18:45, Roland Perry wrote:
The county has been optional for a long time.

Ok, Wikipedia tells me the county has been optional since 1996. I was
sure the change was more recent than that, but apparently not.

I'm still curious as to in which places the county wasn't traditionally
written, even prior to 1996. I'm guessing Nottingham would be another
example since "Nottingham, Notts." would be somewhat odd, as you say.

-roy
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