In message , at 07:05:47
on Sun, 8 Aug 2010, remarked:
http://abcounties.co.uk/bpa/bpasection3.htm

Generally seems to be towns with the same name as the county, plus
other towns deemed large and famous enough to not need a county.

I like how that page dutifully lists all the London postcodes and the
olde counties that they're in - though I'm sure that many postcodes
straddle the old boundaries so presumably it's what the county the
majority of the postcode sits in that the author has used.

And guess what - It has Romford (N), Essex. One of the towns that
keeps coming up in the discussion.

It seems very inconsistent with the (N) designation in Essex for some
reason. Both Chelmsford (it is the County town at least) and Colchester
are also so designated.

I'd expect Chelmsford because it's the county town (incidental to it
also being the site of the mail depot). They also have "large towns" of
which Colchester and Southend are the obvious ones. Not sure why Ilford
escaped the net.
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Roland Perry