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Old August 7th 10, 09:37 PM posted to uk.transport.london
Mizter T Mizter T is offline
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Default Postal counties to be dropped from the Postcode Address File


On Aug 7, 10:01*pm, Roy Badami wrote:

On 07/08/10 21:57, Mizter T wrote:

Sure - if we're going by postal counties, then the list on the ABC
website is a nonsense I think - all London postcodes (NW, N, E, W, SW,
SW, WC, EC) are in the post town of "London", and I don't think the
post town of London belongs to any postal county, let alone multiple
postal counties (so "NW4 xxx, Middlesex" for an address in Hendon was
never strictly speaking a correct address).


Yes, the site does actually say: "County names have never been a part of
recommended postal addresses within the "LONDON" postal area. In fact,
the "LONDON" postal area presents something of a challenge to those who
seek to use County names within it."

http://abcounties.co.uk/bpa/bpasection2.htm


Me not bothering to actually read the site also presents something of
a challenge to my comprehension of it!

I recently came across an e-commerce site that required one to select
a county from a drop down list, a list which resolutely contained no
reference to London, and wondered whether the proprietor had designed
it as such deliberately...