On Aug 7, 11:51*pm, "Richard J." wrote:

wrote on 07 August 2010 23:16:48 ...

In articlewQj7o.58103$X%4.19734@hurricane, (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

To amplify my earlier comment on why their London data is utter oblox, the
use of counties in London is obsolete but they overlook completely that
each London postal district also has a name.

There is a name associated with each one* that explains its place in the
numerical order (because the numbers are based on alphabetical order of
the associated names), but I wouldn't go so far as to say that each
postcode *has* a name.

It would cause confusion for an address in Leadenhall Street EC3 to give
also the associated name for EC3 which is Fenchurch Street. *Is the E16
area still known as Victoria Docks, which is its associated name?

* Except the "1" Head Districts (W1, SE1 etc.) also W2, SW11.

You put it rather more succinctly than I managed to!

The name associated with each postal district in London is I think
best described as nominal.

Don't think the E16 area has ever been called Victoria Docks - there's
only one Victoria Dock anyway, the other docks are Royal Alvert and
King George V, and are often grouped together as the Royal Docks - but
the residential areas have gone by the names of Canning Town,
Silvertown, North Woolwich etc - no one would ever write (or have
written) Tate & Lyle, Factory Road, (North Woolwich,) *Victoria
Docks*, E16 xxx for instance.