Post Offices of the United Kingdom
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Devon
Post Offices
This is the next section to be compiled
Shropshire
Post Offices
Abbey Foregate
Town Sub Office under Shrewsbury 1847 Money Order Office 1 April 1867 Savings Bank 1 October 1867 Telegraph Office 14 April 1891 Code used = XYA Main post Office 18 April 2013
Ackleton
Post Office under Bridgnorth 1857 Post Office under Wolverhampton, Staffordshire1889 Telegraph Office 22 February 1898 Code used = AKN Closed between 1977 and 1983
Acton Burnell
Post Office under Shrewsbury 1844 Money Order Office 1 April 1859 Money Order Office status removed 1 April 1862 Money Order Office and Savings Bank 1 July 1885 Telegraph Office 17 July 1894 Code used = AOB Closed 14 November 2008 Listed on the Post Office Branch Finder website 14 September 2012
Adbaston
Post Office under Newport 30 March 1855 Closed 1873 Re-established 1899 Re-assigned from Shropshire to Stafford 1 July 1926 Temporarily closed by 1946 Re-open by November 1947 Closed 1971
Adderley
Post Office under Market Drayton 1854 Money Order Office and Savings Bank 1 July 1887 Telegraph Office February 1887 Code used = ADY Closed by 30 December 2008
Admaston
Post Office under Wellington 1857 Post Office under Telford 2 April 1969 Listed on the Post Office Branch Finder website 14 September 2012
Alberbury
Post Office under Shrewsbury 1847 Money Order Office and Savings Bank 1 April 1873 Telegraph Office 3 February 1901 Code used = ALP Closed 1981
Albert Road
Town Sub Office under Oswestry 1935 – Post Office circular 5 June 1935 Money Order Office and Savings Bank Closed 2 February 2005
Albrighton (1)
Post Office under Wolverhampton 1839 Money Order Office 1 April 1850 Post Office under Shifnal 9 June 1851 Post Office under Wolverhampton 27 June 1855 Savings Bank 16 October 1861 Telegraph Office 1870 Code used = ACA Listed on the Post Office Branch Finder website 14 September 2012
Albrighton (2)
Post Office under Shrewsbury 1855 Replaced by Broadoak 1898
All Stretton
Post Office under Shrewsbury 1870 Post Office under Church Stretton Railway Sub Office 1873 Money Order Office and Savings Bank by 1908 Relocated to V Hall 1970 Closed 13 August 2008
Alveley
Post Office under Bridgnorth1846 Telegraph Office 9 July 1907 Code used = AVL Money Order Office and Savings Bank by 1908 Listed on the Post Office Branch Finder website 14 September 2012
Annscroft
Post Office under Shrewsbury 1914 Closed between 1977 and 1983
Ash
Post Office under Whitchurch 1858 Closed 28 September 1985 Re-open 7 March 1988 Closed 17-9-1993
Ash Parva
Post Office under Whitchurch 1882 Closed 29 February 1916
Ashford Carbonell
Post Office under Ludlow 1856 Operated from the village hall from 1970 - Thursdays 2-5 pm Closed by 12 July 2014
Ashley
Post Office under Market Drayton 1847 Telegraph Office 25 January 1898 Code used = AHL Money Order Office and Savings Bank 1 December 1900 Closed 19 July 1996 At some time the area was reassigned to Staffordshire
Astley
Post Office under Shrewsbury 1883 Closed 1960 Listed in the Post Office directory to 1963, in error
Astley Abbotts
Post Office under Bridgnorth 1904 Closed 1904 It is possible that this office never actually opened
Aston
Post Office under Market Drayton 1936 Listed in the Post Office Circular 3 June 1936 Closed 1973 – Post Office Gazette 4 July 1973 At some time the area was reassigned to Staffordshire
Aston-on-Clun
Post Office under Ludlow 1846 Post Office under Shrewsbury 1850 Money Order Office 6 June 1851 Railway sub office 1859 Code used = 077 Savings Bank 9 December 1861 Telegraph Office October 1885 Code used = AOC Made a Post Town 1 August 1905 Post Office under Craven Arms 1 May 1935 Closed 18 August 2008
Atcham
Post Office under Shrewsbury 1863 Post Office under Cross Houses 12 June 1921 Post Office under Shrewsbury 2 May 1927 Closed 28 September 2000
Badger Post Office under Wolverhampton, Staffordshire 1901 Closed between1952 and 1953.
Bagley
Post Office under Ellesmere 1910 Closed between 1947 and 1949
Baschurch
Penny Post under Shrewsbury 1838 Money Order Office 1 January 1859 Savings Bank 9 December 1861 Telegraph Office October 1881 Code used = BCH Post Office under Montgomery by 14 September 2012 Moved to Clementines shop – date unknown Moved from Clementines to Byway DIY 1 March 2013
Battlefield
Post Office under Shrewsbury 1898 Closed 7 May 1993
Bayston Hill
Post Office under Shrewsbury 1853 Telegraph Office 27 June 1911 Code used = JNH Money Order Office and Savings Bank by 1908 Listed on the Post Office Branch Finder website 14 September 2012
Beatrice Street
Town Sub Office under Oswestry 1 April 1891 Money Order Office and Savings Bank Closed 1935 – Post Office circular 5 June 1935
Beckbury
Post Office under Shifnal 1845 Money Order Office and Savings Bank 1 April 1897 Telegraph Office 3 January 1899 Code used = QXY Closed 19 November 1998
Bedstone
Post Office under Bucknell June 1906 Telegraph Office Code used = JDN Village hall by 2000 - Tuesdays 8.30 – 10.30 am Listed on the Post Office Branch Finder website 14 September 2012
Belmont Road
Town Sub Office under Ironbridge 1935 – post Office circular 1 May 1935 Town Sub Office under Telford 2 April 1969 Closed between 1977 and 1983
Belle Vue
Town Sub Office under Shrewsbury 1 July 1868 Money Order Office Savings Bank 1 October 1868 Closed 2 February 2005
Bent Lont
Post Office under Shrewsbury 1901 Telegraph Office 21 April 1947 Code used = BZT Listed on the Post Office Branch Finder website 14 September 2012
Berrington
Post Office under Shrewsbury 1854 Post Office under Cross Houses 12 June 1921 Post Office under Shrewsbury 6 January 1936 Closed 1972
Berwick
Post Office under Shrewsbury 1883 Closed 25 August 1972
Bettisfield
Post Office under Whitchurch 1858 Closed 1 November 1983 At some time the area was reassigned to Flintshire
Bettisfield Park Camp
Post Office under Whitchurch 1915 - 1918 only
Bickley Moss
Post Office under Whitchurch 1910 Closed 1980 – Post Office Gazette 10 December 1980 At some time the area was reassigned to Cheshire
Bicton Heath
Post Office under Shrewsbury 1855 Closed 22 June 2007 Re-opened 20 May 2008 in the Nisa Store Listed on the Post Office Branch Finder website 14 September 2012
Billingsley
Post Office under Bridgnorth 1857 Telegraph Office by 1908 Code used = QLV Closed 1976
Birds Green
Post Office under Bridgnorth 1899 Closed 1902
Birtley
Post Office under Brampton Brian RSO 1898 Post Office under Bucknell 1 October 1925 Closed 1975 At some time the area was reassigned to Hertfordshire
Bishops Castle
Post Town by 1711 Money Order Office 1 October 1792 Post Office under Shrewsbury by 1855 Railway Sub Office 1858 Savings Bank 9 December 1861 Telegraph Office 1870 Code used = BHM Made from Sub office to Post Town 1 August 1905 Listed on the Post Office Branch Finder website 14 September 2012
Bitterley
Post Office under Ludlow 1895 Money Oder Office and Savings Bank 1 January 1901 Telegraph Office 19 February 1901 Code used = QTY Closed 1967
Blymhill
Post Office under Shifnal 1862 Closed 29 August 2000 At some time the area was reassigned to Staffordshire Bomer Heath
See Bomere Heath
Bomere Heath
Post Office under Shrewsbury 1855 Used an undated circle inscribed Bomer Heath Money Order Office 1 April 1863 Money Order service discontinued 30 June 1869 Money Order Office and Savings Bank (as Bomere Heath) 1 May 1885 Money Order service and Savings Bank discontinued 1 January 1886 Services re-established 1 July 1893 Telegraph Office 29 December 1908 Code used = JMH
Bourton
Post Office under Wellington 1857 Used an undated circle inscribed Burton Post Office under Much Wenlock Railway Sub Office 1874 Listed as Bourton from 1886 – Post Office guide Telegraph Office 30 June 1896 Code used = QOR By 2011 opening times = Mondays1-3 pm; Thursdays11-1 Closed 23 May 2012
Brampton Brian
Post Office under Ludlow February 1844 Post Office under Shrewsbury 28 October 1852 Post Office under Ludlow by 1855 Railway Sub Office 28 December 1857 Code used = 078 Money Order Office and Savings Bank 1 February 1893 Telegraph Office.29 May 1894 Code used = QBB Made a Post Town 1 August 1905 Post Office under Bucknell 1 October 1925 Operating one morning per week by 2001 Closed 25 November 2008 At some time the area was reassigned to Hertfordshire
Bridgnorth
Post Town by 1684 Money Order Office 1 October 1792 Savings Bank 30 October 1861 Telegraph Office 1870 Code used = BNS Changed from a head office to a Salaried Sub-Office 7 September 1968 Changed to a Modified Scale Payment Office 13 September 1993
Bridgnorth RAF
Renamed from Stanmore Camp Post Office circa April 1957 to 1964 Renamed The Hobbins
Brimfield
Post Office under Ludlow 1847 Railway Sub Office 1869 Money Order Office 1 January 1869 Savings Bank 1 April 1869 Telegraph Office 1870 Code used = BOX Made a Post Town 1 August 1905 Post Office under Ludlow 5 May 1925 Closed 21 March 2003 Re-opened 4 April 2005 in the village hall Mondays and Thursdays 9am – 1pm The above opening times still in operation 20 January 2015 At some time the area was reassigned to Hertfordshire
Broadoak
Ex Albrighton Post Office under Shrewsbury 1898 Telegraph Office 8 November 1898 Code used = QXO Closed between 1977 and 1983
Brockton
Post Office under Much Wenlock Railway Sub Office 1898 Telegraph Office 26 July 1898 Code used = QVZ Closed early 1998
Bromfield
Post Office under Ludlow 1846 Using undated circle inscribed Broomfield Post Office under Shrewsbury 1857 Railway Sub Office 1858 Code used = 079 Money Order Office and Savings Bank 1 March 1884 Telegraph Office 26 January 1886 Code used = BMF Made a Post Town 1 August 1905 Post Office under Ludlow 1 June 1912 Relocated to Ludlow Food Centre 27 September 2007 Still operating 20 January 2015 Opening times 9:30am – 5:30pm
Brooklands
Town Sub Office under Wellington circa September 1964 Town Sub Office under Telford 2 April 1969 Listed on the Post Office Branch Finder website 14 September 2012
Brookside
Town Sub Office under Telford by April 1973 Relocated 4 January 2014 Listed on the Post Office Branch Finder website 14 September 2012
Broomfield
See Bromfield
Bronington
Post Office under Whitchurch 1886 Closed 14 May 2003
Bronygarth
Post Office under Ruabon, Denbighshire 1857 Post Office under Oswestry 1 September 1910 Closed by 1995
Broseley
Post Office by 1793 Post Office under the Shifnal Penny Post 1806 Post Office under Ironbridge March 1838 Post Office under Shifnal 5 May 1849 Money Oder Office 20 March 1851 Post Office under Newport 9 June 1851 Post Office under Wellington 28 June 1852 Savings Bank 16 September 1861 Telegraph Office 1870 Code used = BRF Railway Sub Office 1874 Code used = 268 Made a Post Town 1 August 1905 Moved to Spar Store 5 March 2010 Listed on the Post Office Branch Finder website 14 September 2012
Broseley Wood
Town Sub Office under Broseley by January 1921 Closed 30 November 1977
Bucknell
Post Office under Shrewsbury 1858 Post Office under Aston on Clun RSO 1858 Railway Sub Office 1862 Code used = B58 Money Order Office and Savings Bank 1 July 1897 Made a Post Town 1 August 1905 Telegraph Office 5 June 1906 Code used = JKL Listed on the Post Office Branch Finder website 14 September 2012
Buildwas
Post Office under Ironbridge 1914 Post Office under Telford 2 April 1969 Closed 7 August 2002
Burleydam
Post Office under Nantwich, Cheshire October 1853 Post Office under Whitchurch 1858 Closed 1888 Re-established.1894 Money Order Office and Savings Bank 1 April 1897 Telegraph Office by 1908 Code used = QYU Closed 1970
Burlton
Post Office under Shrewsbury 1853 Closed 9 May 1984
Burton
See Bourto
Burwarton
Penny Post Office under Bridgnorth 1839 Money Order Office and Savings Bank 1 July 1875 Telegraph Office 22 August 1893 Code used = BNH Closed 30 June 1989
Cabin Lane
Replacement office for Laburnam Drive Town Sub Office under Oswesty 5 May 1994 Listed on the Post Office Branch Finder website 14 September 2012
Calverdale
Post Office in the village hall by 2000 Thursdays 9-12 only, using Ightfield datestamp Closed 7 December 2006
Calverhall
Post Office under Whitchurch 1848 Closed 1860 Re-established.1893 Telegraph Office 10 October 1893 Code used = CZA Money Order Office and Savings Bank 1 June 1895 Closed 1979
Cambrian Road
Town Sub Office under Oswesty 1935 – post Office circular 5 June 1935 Closed between 1949 and 1951
Cardington
Post Office under Shrewsbury 1858 Post Office under Church Stretton RSO 1858 Telegraph Office 8 July 1902 Code used = ZRG Closed 24 June 1977
Castle Fields
Town Sub Office under Shrewsbury 1 July 1868 Money Order Office Savings Bank 1 April 1869 Closed 4 September 2008 Based in the Co-op which closed Re-opened 29 August 2011 Post Office Local - Spar Listed on the Post Office Branch Finder website 14 September 2012
Castle Foregate
Town Sub Office under Shrewsbury 1847 Money Order Office and Savings Bank 1 May 1893 Closed 30 November 1897 Various postmarks still in use at the customer enquiry desk up to 12 June 1996
Caynham
Post Office under Ludlow 1930 Telegraph Office 2 October 1933 Code used = ZYZ Closed by February 1973
Chelmarsh
Post Office under Bridgnorth1848 Closed 30 March 2000
Cherry Orchard
Town Sub Office under Shrewsbury 1 April 1891 Money Order Office and Savings Bank Closed between 1947 and 1949 Re-established 1957 – Post Office circular 14 August 1957 Closed between 1958 and 1960
Cheswardine
Post Office under Market Drayton 1847 Telegraph Office 14 May 1889 Code used = CWE Money Order Office and Savings Bank 1 October 1892 Closed 23 December 2006
Chetton
Post Office under Bridgnorth 1880 Closed 17 August 1998
Child’s Ercall
Post Office under Market Drayton 1855 Telegraph Office 24 July 1900 Code used = ZFX Money Order Office and Savings Bank 1914 Closed 14 January 1998
Chirbury
Post Office under Welshpool 1838 Post Office under Shrewsbury 5 April 1845 Post Office under Welshpool 5 June 1852 Post Office under Shrewsbury 10 December 1853 Railway Sub Office 1 April 1864 Code used = C07 Money Order Office and Savings Bank 2 April 1877 Telegraph Office 20 May 1884 Code used = CHM Made a Post Town 1 August 1905 Post Office under Montgomery 6 June 1924 Listed on the Post Office Branch Finder website 14 September 2012
Chirk Bank
Post Office under Ruabon, Denbighshire 1912 Post Office under Chirk 1 May 1916 Post Office under Wrexham 1 December 1923 Closed 1 March 2000
Chorley
Post Office under Bridgnorth 1895 Closed 7 December 1993
Chorlton
Post Office under Whitchurch 1858 Closed 1860 See also Chorlton, MALPAS, Cheshire
Church Aston
Town Sub Office of Newport 2 March 1992 Closed 18 August 2008
Church Stretton
Post Office under Shrewsbury by 1808 Money Order Office 1 October 1849 Railway Sub Office 1858 Savings Bank 9 December 1861 Telegraph Office 1870 Code used = CIJ Made a Post Town 1 August 1905 Main Office 14 February 2014
Claverley
Post Office under Wolverhampton, Staffordshire 1845 Post Office under Bridgnorth 9 June 1851 Money Order Office 2 February 1857 Savings Bank 9 December 1861 Telegraph Office 7 June 1898 Code used = ZEL Post Office under Wolverhampton, Staffordshire 1 January 1903
Clee Hill
Post Office under Ludlow 1847 Closed 1860 Re-established 2 April 1877 Money Order Office and Savings Bank 12 October 1897 Telegraph Office 12 October 1897 Code used = ZAE Listed on the Post Office Branch Finder website 14 September 2012
Clee St.Margaret
Post Office under Craven Arms 1898 Post Office under Craven Arms 1977 Post Office under Ludlow by 1988 Closed by December 1989
Cleeton St.Mary(s)
Post Office under Bewdley, Worcestershire 1887 Post Office under Cleobury Mortimer SO 1895 Closed 1904
Cleobury Mortimer
Penny Post Office under Bewdley, Worcestershire 1818 Money Order Office 4 June 1851 Savings Bank 16 October 1861 Telegraph Office 1870 Code used = CJH Sub Office 1885 Post Office under Shrewsbury 1 May 1918 Made a Post Town 15 February 1921 Post Office under Kidderminster, Worcestershire January 1923 Listed on the Post Office Branch Finder website 14 September 2012 Cleobury North
Post Office under Bridgnorth by June 1938 Closed 15 November 2007 Re-opened 21 September 2009 as a hosted office, Mondays 12:15 to 2:15 Listed on the Post Office Branch Finder website 14 September 2012
Clive
Post Office under Shrewsbury 1882 Money Order Office and Savings Bank 1 August 1890 Telegraph Office 16 June 1891 Code used = CYV Listed on the Post Office Branch Finder website 14 September 2012
Clun
Post Office Under Bishops Castle by 1793 Post Office under Ludlow 1 August 1827 Post Office under Shrewsbury 30 April 1850 Money Order Office 2 March 1857 Railway Sub Office 1858 Code used = 080 Savings Bank 9 December 1861 Telegraph Office 1870 Code used = CJU Post Office under Aston on Clun RSO 1 August 1876 Railway Sub Office 1878 Made a Post Town 1 August 1905 Post Office under Craven Arms 1 May 1935 Post Office Local 23 June 2014
Clunbury
Post Office under Shrewsbury 1878 Post Office under Aston on Clun RSO 1886 Post Office under Craven Arms 1 May 1935 Operating from the village hall by 1993 Opening times – Thursdays only, 8:30 – 12:30 by 2011
Clungunford
Post Office under Shrewsbury 1855 Closed January 1856 Re-established as a Post Office under Aston on Clun RSO 1893 Money Order Office and Savings Bank 1 May 1896 Telegraph Office 24 November 1908 Code used = ZNO Post Office under Craven Arms 1 May 1935 Operating from the village hall from circa 1988 – Wednesdays 2-4 pm Using Aston-on-Clun date stamp; later, Clunton date stamp Listed on the Post Office Branch Finder website 14 September 2012
Clunton
Post Office under Little Brampton RSO 1875 Post Office under Aston on Clun RSO 1878 Post Office under Craven Arms 1 May 1935 Closed 23 January 1976 Re-opened at the Crown Inn Operating from the village hall by 1992 Opening times – Fridays 8:30 – 12:30 by 2011 Listed on the Post Office Branch Finder website 14 September 2012
Coalbrookdale
Post Office under Wellington 1852 Money Order Office and Savings Bank 1 March 1873 Railway Sub Office 1874 Code used = 289 Telegraph Office by 1877 Code used = CJX Made a Post Town 1 August 1905 Post Office under Ironbridge 16 June 1926 Town Sub Office under Telford 2 April 1969 Closed 29 February 1984
Coalport
Post Office under Wellington 1854 Post Office under Ironbridge RSO 1874 Money Order Office and Savings Bank 3 August 1897 Temporarily closed February 1923 Re-opened 12 November 1924 Town Sub Office under Telford 2 April 1969 Temporarily closed 30 November 1984 Re-opened Closed by October 2000
Cockshutt
Post Office under Ellesmere 8 November 1850 Post Office under Shrewsbury 6 August 1853 Post Office under Ellesmere 1887 Telegraph Office 19 September 1893 Code used = CXK Money Order Office and Savings Bank 1 September 1894 Listed on the Post Office Branch Finder website 14 September 2012
Codonia
Post Office under Wellington 17 June 1940 Woolwich Arsenal relocated at start of WWII Telegraph Office 5 November 1945 Code used = CQM Central Ordnance Depot - No public access Closed 31 October 1984
Coleham
Town Sub Office under Shrewsbury 1847 Money Order Office and Savings Bank 1 April 1895 Closed 1904 – believed to be between January and March
Colemere
Post Office under Ellesmere 1936 – Post Office Circular 8 April 1936 Closed 30 April 1978
Condover
Post Office under Shrewsbury 1854 Money Order Office and Savings Bank 1 March 1893 Telegraph Office June 1893 Code used = CZN Listed on the Post Office Branch Finder website 14 September 2012
Copthorne
Town Sub Office under Shrewsbury 1936 – Post Office circular 11 March 1936 Post Office under Wolverhampton, West Midlands by 14 September 2012
Coreley
Post Office under Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire 1886 Post Office under Ludlow 1930 Telegraph Office 2 October 1933 Code used = ZQZ Closed 31 May 1995
Cosford Camp
Post Office under Wolverhampton, Staffordshire 1 August 1940 Telegraph Office Code used = CPY Closed 29 September 2009
Coton Hill
Town Sub Office under Shrewsbury 1900 Money Order Office and Savings Bank 2 December 1901 Closed 1974 – Post Office gazette 20 March 1974
Cound
Post Office under Shrewsbury 1895 Closed 1897 Re-opened 1902 Telegraph Office December 1907 Code used = ZND Post Office under Cressage 12 June 1921 Post Office under Shrewsbury 6 January 1936 Closed after 27-1-1979 Closed by 1983
Coton
Located in the service station Post Office under Whitchurch 23 January 2006 Closed 12 August 2008
Craven Arms
Railway Sub Office 1867 Code used = 085 Money Order Office 1 October 1867 Savings Bank 1 January 1868 Telegraph Office 1870 Code used = CNZ Made a Post Town 1 August 1905 Relocated to Spar Store 3 June 2014
Cressage
Post Office under Shrewsbury 1845 Money Order Office and Savings Bank 1 April 1869 Telegraph Office 22 May 1883 Code used = COD Made a Post Town 12 June 1921 Post Office under Shrewsbury 6 January 1936 Closed 3 December 2008 Re-established as a hosted outreach at the village hall Listed on the Post Office Branch Finder website 14 September 2012
Crew Green
Post Office under Shrewsbury 1932 – Post Office circular 10 February 1932 Closed at some time between 1979 and 1983
Criggion
Post Office under Shrewsbury 1854 Closed by 1999
Cross Houses
Post Office under Shrewsbury 1854 Telegraph Office November 1891 Code used = CZH Money Order Office and Savings Bank 1 March 1893 Made a Post Town 12 June 1921 Post Office under Shrewsbury 6 January 1936 Listed on the Post Office Branch Finder website 14 September 2012
Cross Lane Head
Post Office under Bridgnorth 1935 – Post Office circular 4 December 1935 Closed at some time between 1941 and 1946
Crudgington
Post Office under Wellington 1885 Post Office under Telford 2 April 1969 Closed 31 December 1970
Culmington
Post Office under Ludlow 1963 – Post Office circular 18 April 1963 Closed 1 July 1975
Dalelands West
Town Sub Office under Market Drayton 27 July 1994 Extended operating hours by 1 May 2013
Darliston
Post Office under Whitchurch 1897 Closed 27 March 2003
Dawley
Renamed from Dawley Green 1848 Post Office under Shifnal 1848 Money Order Office 20 March 1851 Post Office under Newport 9 August 1851 Post Office under Wellington 28 June 1852 Savings Bank 16 September 1861 Telegraph Office 1870 Code used = DAT Railway Sub Office 1874 Code used = 282 Made a Post Town 1 August 1905 Post Office under Wellington 6 April 1924 Made a Post Town 15 January 1968 Post Office under Telford 2 April 1969 Listed on the Post Office Branch Finder website 14 September 2012
Dawley Bank
Post Office under Wellington 1855 Post Office under Dawley RSO 1874 Money Order Office and Savings Bank by 1908 Post Office under Wellington 16 April 1924 Post Office under Dawley 15 January 1968 Post Office under Telford 2 April 1969 Closed 9 March 2005
Dawley Green
Penny Post Office under Shifnal 1839 Renamed Dawley 1848
Delbury
Listed in Post Office Guides for 1857-1867
Diddlebury
Post Office under Ludlow 1846 Post Office under Shrewsbury 30 April 1850 Post Office under Bromfield RSO 1863 Post Office under Craven Arms RSO 1873 Closed circa 1977
Ditherington
Town Sub Office under Shrewsbury 1892 Closed 18 August 2008
Ditton Priors
Post Office under Bridgnorth 1865 Telegraph Office 30 August 1898 Code used = DPR Temporally closed 1919 Re-opened 2 December 1919 Listed on the Post Office Branch Finder website 14 September 2012
Doddington
Post Office under Bewdley, Worcestershire 1882 Closed 1898 Re-established.1935 - Post Office circular 14 August 1935 under Kidderminster, Worcestershire Listed on the Post Office Branch Finder website 14 September 2012
Donnington
Penny Post Office under Newport by 1837 Money Order Office and Savings Bank 2 March 1874 Telegraph Office 25 January 1881 Code used = DDL Post Office under Wellington 31 July 1926 1 August 1954 Donnington renamed Donnington Central New Donnington renamed Donnington Town Sub Office under Telford 2 April 1969 Listed on the Post Office Branch Finder website 14 September 2012
Donnington Central
Renamed from Donnington 1 August 1954 Post Office under Wellington 1 August 1954 Renamed Wellington Road 1956 – Post Office circular 13 May 1956
Donnington Wood
Post Office under Newport 1909 Post Office under Wellington 31 July 1926 Closed between 1941 and 1946
Dorrington
Post Office under Shrewsbury 1844 Money Order Office and Savings Bank by January 1871 Telegraph Office October 1881 Code used = DDO Closed 23 December 2002 Re-opened 6 February 2003 - Horse Shoes Inn Closed 11 November 2009 Re-opened 4 January 2010 - Monday to Thursday 9-12; Friday 9-1 Listed on the Post Office Branch Finder website 14 September 2012
Downton
Post Office under Ludlow 1897 Closed 1897 It is possible that this office never actually opened
Downton-on-the-Rock
Post Office under Ludlow 1931 – Post Office circular 18 March 1931 Telegraph Office 1 August 1936 Code used = DXR Closed 1970
Drayton
See Market Drayton
Duddlestone Heath
See Dudlestone Heath
Dudlestone
Post Office under Ruabon, Denbighshire 1850 Post Office under Shrewsbury 1876 Post Office under Ellesmere 1884 Money Order Office and Savings Bank 1 February 1889 Closed between 1977 and 1983
Dudlestone Heath
Post Office under Shrewsbury 1871 Money Order Office and Savings Bank 2 May 1881 Post Office under Ellesmere 1884 Duddlestone Heath to 1 February 1889 Telegraph Office 13 May 1890 Code used = DHQ Temporally closed 23 January 2002 Re-opened 5 February 2002 Moved to Criftins Parish Hall 14 May 2012 - full-time Listed on the Post Office Branch Finder website 14 September 2012
Eardington
Post Office under Bridgnorth 1888 Closed 2 July 2003
Easthope
Post Office under Shrewsbury 1854 Post Office under Wellington 31 March 1856 Post Office under Much Wenlock RSO 1874 Closed 15 December 1994
East Hamlet
Town Sub Office under Ludlow 1892 Money Order Office and Savings Bank 1 April 1893 Closed 15 August 2008 Re-opened 24 November 2008 – Post Office Essentials Listed on the Post Office Branch Finder website 14 September 2012
Eaton Constantine
Post Office under Wellington 1855 Post Office under Shrewsbury by 1856 Post Office under Wellington 1873 Post Office under Ironbridge RSO 1874 Post Office under Shrewsbury by January 1900 Post Office under Cressage 12 June 1921 Post Office under Shrewsbury 2 May 1927 Closed 30 September 1976
Edgmond
Post Office under Newport 1853 Money Order Office and Savings Bank 1 May 1896 Money Order Office and Savings Bank discontinued 1926 Listed on the Post Office Branch Finder website 14 September 2012
Edgton
Post Office under Aston on Clun RSO 1903 Post Office under Craven Arms 1 May 1935 Closed 1971
Edstaston
Post Office under Shrewsbury 1859 Closed 1868 Re-established.1888 Closed 1916
Eglwys Cross
Post Office under Whitchurch 1937 – Post Office circular 10 February 1937 Closed 28 March 1991
Ellerdine
Post Office under Wellington 1909 Post Office under Telford 2 April 1969 Closed 4 June 1984
Ellerton Grange
Post Office under Newport by 1857 Closed 1867 – this per the last entry in the Post Office Guide
Ellesmere
Post Office and Post Town by 1787 Money Order Office 1 October 1792 Post Office under Shrewsbury 6 August 1853 Savings Bank 30 October 1861 Telegraph Office 1870 Code used = EDE Made Head Office / Post Town 1884 Made a Salaried Sub-Office 5 November 1922 Listed on the Post Office Branch Finder website 14 September 2012
Eyton
Post Office under Wellington 1857 Post Office under Telford 2 April 1969 Closed 1978
Farlow
Post Office under Bewdley, Worcestershire 1882 Post Office under Cleobury Mortimer SO 1895 Money Order Office and Savings Bank 1 March 1900 Telegraph Office 12 June 1900 Code used = FAL Post Office under Shrewsbury 1 May 1918 Post Office under Cleobury Mortimer 15 February 1921 Post Office under Kidderminster, Worcestershire January 1923 Closed 31 March 1995
Felton
Post Office under Oswestry 1845 Renamed West Felton 1856
Ford
Post Office under Shrewsbury 1847 Money Order Office and Savings Bank 1 February 1877 Telegraph Office 19 September 1911 Code used = FUD Closed 25 June 1996
Four Alls
Post Office under Market Drayton by June 1939 Closed between 1941 and 1946
Frankton
See Welsh Frankton
Frankwell
Town Sub Office under Shrewsbury 1847 Money Order Office and Savings Bank 1 May 1890 Relocated to Roundabout Newsagents – Post Office Local 25 February 2014
Frodesley
Post Office under Shrewsbury 1856 Closed between 1947 and 1949
Garden Village, Highley
Post Office under Kidderminster, Worcestershire 1936 – Post Office circular 17 June 1936 Post Office under Bridgnorth 10 August 1966 Relocated 3 June 2013 – Post Office Local Listed on the Post Office Branch Finder website 14 September 2012 Listed as Garden Village,Highley Llangynog (Mont) SY10 0ET
Glazeley
Post Office under Bridgnorth 1854 Closed 1866
Gobowen
Post Office under Oswestry 1855 Telegraph Office 1 June 1881 Code used = GBI Money Order Office and Savings Bank 2 October 1882 Closed 17 May 2006 Re-opened 7 September 2007 Listed on the Post Office Branch Finder website 14 September 2012
Gravel
Post Office under Shrewsbury 1855 Closed 1868 Re-established.1883 Money Order Office and Savings Bank 1 February 1900 Name shown as Gravels 1 June 1932 Closed in 1951 or 1952
Greenfields
Town Sub Office under Shrewsbury 1 November 1892 Money Order Office and Savings Bank Closed 1960 – Post Office circular 14 September 1960 Re-established 1974 – Post Office gazette 20 March 1974 Closed circa 3 September 2009 following an audit Re-opened 14 September 2009 with a temporary sub-postmaster Closed 29 September 2009 Re-opened 28 October 2010 as Post Office Local, 46,Ellesmere Rd Listed on the Post Office Branch Finder website 14 September 2012
Great Bolas
Post Office under Wellington 1857 Post Office under Telford 2 April 1969 By 2000 – Mondays and Thursdays 9-11 Listed on the Post Office Branch Finder website 14 September 2012
Great Chatwel
Post Office under Newport 1904 Closed 22 October 1976
Great Soudley
Post Office under Market Drayton by June 1939 Closed 1977
Greet
Post Office under Ludlow 1930 Closed circa February 1950 Grindley Brook
Post Office under Whitchurch 1856 Closed 1874 Re-established 1896 Closed 30 September 1977
Grinshill
Post Office under Shrewsbury 1854 Money Order Office and Savings Bank 1 May 1872 Closed between 1977 and 1983
Hadley
Post Office under Wellington 1852 Money Order Office and Savings Bank 1 March 1881 Telegraph Office 6 March 1888 Code used = HDL Post Office under Telford 2 April 1969 Closed by 13 May 2013 Re-opened / relocated 17 Gladstone House, Hadley centre 21 May 2013
Hadnall
Post Office under Shrewsbury 1855 Money Order Office and Savings Bank 1 July 1882 Telegraph Office August 1882 Code used = HAI Closed 4 March 2009 Operated from village hall – Monday / Tuesday / Thursday 12:30am - 4:30pm Became Post Office Local, Village Store 26 April 2013
Hales
Post Office under Market Drayton 1907 Telegraph Office 25 February 1908 Code used = HJE Telegraph services discontinued 29 December 1926 Closed 30 April 1983
Halfway House
Unofficial Penny Post Office under Shrewsbury 1833 Money Order Office and Savings Bank 2 May 1892 Closed 7 November 2008
Hampton
Post Office under Whitchurch 1883 Sub Office 1885 Post Office under Malpas, Cheshire 1887 Telegraph Office 13 September 1910 Code used = HZY Closed by 1998
Hanmer
Post Office under Whitchurch 1848 Money Order Office 1 February 1858 Savings Bank 16 December 1861 Telegraph Office 15 October 1889 Code used = HMQ Post Office Local 16 April 2014
Hanwood
Post Office under Shrewsbury 1853 Money Order Office and Savings Bank 1 July 1875 Telegraph Office 17 February 1903 Code used = HWB Listed on the Post Office Branch Finder website 14 September 2012
Harlescott Grange
Town Sub Office under Shrewsbury 1 November 1962 Extended opening hours by April 2014
Harley
Post Office under Wellington 1855 Railway Sub Office 1874 Post Office under Much Wenlock RSO 1876 Post Office under Shrewsbury 12 July 1937 Closed between 1961 and 1963
Harmer Hill
Post Office under Shrewsbury 1856 Closed 12 August 2008
Harpswood
Post Office under Bridgnorth 1857 Closed 1862
Haygate Road
Town Sub Office under Wellington 1911 Closed 1951 or 1952
Haytons Bent
Post Office under Ludlow 1930 – Post Office circular 10 September 1930 Closed 27 January 1981
Hengoed
Post Office under Oswestry 1859 Telegraph Office 1 November 1948 Code used = OHO Closed 1 February 2001
High Ercall
Post Office under Wellington 1844 Money Order Office and Savings Bank 1 July 1882 Telegraph Office 12 June 1894 Code used = HER Post Office under Telford 2 April 1969 Listed on the Post Office Branch Finder website 14 September 2012
Higher Heath
Post Office under Whitchurch 1908 Telegraph Office 1 July 1943 Code used = HYD Closed 28 June 1991
Highley
Post Office under Bridgnorth 1857 Money Order Office and Savings Bank 1 July 1893 Telegraph Office 17 January 1905 Code used = HGJ Post Office under Kidderminster, Worcestershire 22 September 1919 Post Office under Bridgnorth 10 August 1966 Listed on the Post Office Branch Finder website 14 September 2012
Hilton
Post Office under Bridgnorth 1881 Closed 14 August 2008
Hinstock
Post Office under Market Drayton 1847 Money Order Office and Savings Bank 1 February 1887 Numeral J20 allocated by 1891 Squared circle in use by 1893 Telegraph Office 13 June 1899 Code used = HSV Listed on the Post Office Branch Finder website 14 September 2012
Hirnant
Post Office under Oswestry 1930 – Post Office circular 12 February 1930 Telegraph Office 9 May 1951 Code used = IRO Closed 30 November 1984
Hodnet
Post Office under Market Drayton 1844 Money Order Office 24 June 1851 Telegraph Office 1 June 1881 Code used = HJP Sub Office 1 June 1895 Post Office under Market Drayton 7 September 1909 Made a Post Town 24 January 1927 Post Office under Market Drayton 15 March 1954 Listed on the Post Office Branch Finder website 14 September 2012
Holly Bank
Post Office under Market Drayton 1861 Closed 1868
Hopesay
Post Office under Aston on Clun 1906 Sub Office under Craven Arms 1 May 1935 Closed by 1992
Hopton-Castle
Post Office under Ludlow 1851 Post Office under Shrewsbury 28 October 1852 Post Office under Ludlow by 1856 Post Office under Shrewsbury 20 June 1856 Closed 1858
Hopton Wafers
Post Office under Cleobury Mortimer SO 1893 Money Order Office and Savings Bank 1 May 1894 Telegraph Office 22 October 1895 Code used = HWS Post Office under Shrewsbury 1 may 1918 Post Office under Cleobury Mortimer 15 February 1921 Post Office under Kidderminster, Worcestershire January 1923 Closed 28 September 1994
Hordley
Post Office under Ellesmere by 1957 Closed 9 September 1896 Re-opened 8 February 1988 Opening Thursdays only by 2000 – 9am – 11am Closed 14 July 2005 Re-opened 6 October 2005 in the village hall – Thursdays 1:30pm – 4:30pm Listed on the Post Office Branch Finder website 14 September 2012
Horsehay
Post Office under Wellington 1855 Railway Sub Office 1874 Code used = 299 Money Order Office and Savings Bank 1 December 1884 Telegraph Office 17 November 1896 Code used = HRA Made a Post Town 1 August 1905 Post Office under Wellington 16 April 1924 Post Office under Dawley 15 January 1968 Post Office under Telford 2 April 1969 Listed on the Post Office Branch Finder website 14 September 2012
Horseman’s Green
Post Office under Whitchurch 1899 Closed 27 August 2003
Hughley
Post Office under Much Wenlock 1935 – Post Office circular 6 November 1935 Post Office under Shrewsbury 12 July 1937 By 2011 opening times = Tuesdays and Thursdays 9am – 12 noon Listed on the Post Office Branch Finder website 14 September 2012
Ightfield
Post Office under Whitchurch 1881 Closed 22 November 2001 Re-opened 26 September 2002 Closed 28 September 2004
Ironbridge
Renamed from Madeley Wood Post Office under Shifnal circa 1820 Money Order Office and Post Town March 1838 Post Office under Shifnal 5 May 1849 Post Office under Newport 9 June 1851 Post Office under Wellington 28 June 1852 Savings Bank 16 December 1861 Telegraph Office 1870 Code used = ID Railway Sub Office 1874 Place name shown as Ironbridge until 1 May 1895 Place name shown as Iron Bridge after this date Sub Office and Post Town 1 August 1905 Post Office under Telford 2 April 1969 Moved to to Pharmacy 7 June 2013
Iscoyd Park
Post Office under Whitchurch by 23 December 1948 Located in the Polish Hostel Closed 1956 – notified in the Post Office circular 7 November 1956
Jackfield
Post Office under Wellington 1855 Railway Sub Office 1874 Post Office under Ironbridge RSO1878 Money Order Office and Savings Bank 1 August 1883 Telegraph Office 18 March 1884 Code used = JC Railway Sub Office 2 January 1888 Code used = J15 Made a Post Town 1 August 1905 Post Office under Ironbridge 1 December 1914 Closed 1966 - Post Office circular 11 May 1966
Kemberton
Post Office under Shifnal 1881 Telegraph Office 31 May 1904 Code used = KMT Relocated to Kemberton Hall 28 August 2001 Closed 9 December 2008
Kenley
Post Office under Shrewsbury 1897 Post Office under Cressage 12 June 1921 Post Office under Much Wenlock 1 September 1924 Post Office under Shrewsbury 12 July 1937 By 2011 opening on Mondays and Thursdays 10am – 12 noon Listed on the Post Office Branch Finder website 14 September 2012
Ketley
Post Office under Wellington 1843 Money Order Office and Savings Bank 1 October 1880 Telegraph Office 7 March 1934 Code used = KUY Town Sub Office by 1949 Post Office under Telford 2 April 1969 Closed 7 February 2005
Ketley Bank
Town Sub Office under Oakengates 1913 First entry in Post Office Guide April 1914 Post Office under Telford 2 April 1969 Closed 7 February 2005
Kingsland
Town Sub Office under Shrewsbury 1 November 1895 Money Order Office and Savings Bank Telegraph Office 30 July 1901 Code used = XYD Closed 1977
Kingsland
Town Sub Office under Telford January 1973 Closed 5 February 2005
Kinlet
Post Office under Bewdley, Worcestershire 1892 Telegraph Office 3 March 1896 Code used = KNE Closed 25 September 1989
Kinnerley
Post Office under Oswestry 1848 Post Office under West Felton RSO 13 July 1874 Post Office under Oswestry 1 October 1887 Money Order Office and Savings Bank 1 May 1896 Listed on the Post Office Branch Finder website 14 September 2012
Kinnersley
Post Office under Wellington 1852 Closed 1966 – Post Office circular 20 April 1966
Knighton
Post Office under Market Drayton 1868 Closed between 1977 and 1983.
Knockin
Post Office under Oswestry 1859 Money Order Office and Savings Bank 1 June 1874 Post Office under West Felton RSO 13 July 1874 Telegraph Office 12 April 1887 Code used = KKI Post Office under Oswestry 1 October 1887 Listed on the Post Office Branch Finder website 14 September 2012
Knolton Bryn
Post Office under Ellesmere 1897 Post Office under Wrexham, Denbighshire 1 November 1947 Closed 1969
Knowbury
Post Office under Ludlow 1860 Closed 15 September 1999 Re-opened 4 January 2000 - New Pitts Cottage - Tuesdays and Thursdays 9am – 12 noon Closed 14 August 2008
Laburnum Drive
Town Sub Office under Oswesty circa March 1959 Replaced by Cabin Lane 5 May 1994
Lawley
Post Office under Wellington 1935 Post Office under Dawley 15 January 1968 Post Office under Telford 2 April 1969 TELFORD Closed 9 January 2003 Re-opened 14 April 2005 Closed 23 June 2006
Lea Cross
Post Office under Shrewsbury 1855 Closed 25 August 1995
Leebotwood
Post Office under Shrewsbury 1854 Telegraph Office 28 March 1911 Code used = UBW Post Office under Church Stretton 9 November 1966 Temporally closed Re-opened 23 July 2001 Closed 10 December 2002
Leegomery
Post Office under Wellington 1935 Town Sub Office by 1949 Post Office under Telford 2 April 1969 Closed 21 July 2005 due to a serious fire
Leighton
Post Office under Wellington 1857 Post Office under Ironbridge RSO 1874 Telegraph Office 20 December 1887 Code used = LON Money Order Office and Savings Bank 1 August 1890 Made a Post Town 16 June 1926 Post Office under Shrewsbury 2 May 1927 Closed 19 September 1975
Leintwardine
Post Office by 1827 Post Office under Knighton, Radnorshire by 1844 Post Office under Shrewsbury 28 October 1852 Post Office under Ludlow by 1855 Railway Sub Office 28 December 1857 Code used = 082 Money Order Office 1 January 1858 Post Office under Shrewsbury 1 October 1861 Savings Bank 9 December 1861 Railway Sub Office 1863 Telegraph Office by 1879 Code used = LDL Made a Post Town 1 August 1905 Post Office under Bucknell 1 September 1925 Still recorded as a Post Office under Bucknell 1954 Post Office under Craven Arms by 1955 Listed on the Post Office Branch Finder website 14 September 2012
Lilleshall
Post Office under Newport 1858 Using an UDC - Lillies-Hall Not listed in the Post Office Guides 1858 – 1876 Re-established 1877 Post Office under Wellington 31 July 1926 Post Office under Newport 1 May 1952 Closed 5 July 2002 Re-opened 31 July 2003 at Hillside Moved to Memorial Hall 3 April 2006 By 2011 opening times Tuesdays 9:15am – 1:15pm and Thursdays 10am – 12 noon Listed on the Post Office Branch Finder website 14 September 2012 Listed as a Hosted Post Office
Lingen
Post Office, Money Order Office and Savings bank under presteigne RSO 1 March 1890 Post Office under Brampton Brian RSO 1 September 1890 Telegraph Office 15 August 1899 Code used = LJJ Post Office under Bucknell 1 October 1925 Closed 7 September 1989 Re-open in village hall – Mondays and Thursdays 9am – 12:30pm Listed on the Post Office Branch Finder website 14 September 2012
Little Brampton
Post Office under Shrewsbury by 1852 Using UDC inscribed Little Brompton in 1852 and 1853 Using CDS inscribed Little Brampton by 23 December 1857 Railway Sub Office 28 December 1857 Code used = 083 Closed 1878 - last entry in the Post Office Guide
Little Dawley
Post Office under Wellington 1855 Post Office under Dawley RSO 1874 Money Order Office and Savings Bank 1 October 1901 Post Office under Wellington 16 April 1924 Post Office under Dawley 15 January 1968 Post Office under Telford 2 April 1969 Closed 6 May 2003
Little Drayton
Town Sub Office under Market Drayton 1887 Closed 31 December 1984 Little Hereford
Post Office under Tenbury 1854 Using the numeral K06 by 1892 Telegraph Office by 1908 Code used = UHF Post Office under Ludlow 5 May 1925 Closed 1976
Little Ness
Post Office under Shrewsbury 1907 Telegraph Office 12 November 1907 Code used = UNS Relocated to the village hall by 2001 Opening times - Thursdays.pm Closed by 2 October 2011 - removed from Post Office branch finder
Little Stretton
Post Office under Church Stretton 1890 Closed 29 May 1976
Little Wenlock
Post Office under Horsehay RSO 1896 Post Office under Wellington 16 April 1924 Post Office under Telford 2 April 1969 Closed by December 1989
Llanfair Waterdine
Post Office under Knighton, Radnorshire 1929 – Post Office circular 9 October 1929 Telegraph Office 20 December 1933 Code used = VFW Closed by 1995
Llangedwyn
Post Office under Oswestry 1852 Money Order Office and Savings Bank 1 August 1881 Telegraph Office 14 January 1890 Code used = LLX Closed circa 30 April 2013 Hosted Outreach, Mill Cafe 14 January 2014 Listed on the Post Office Branch Finder website 14 September 2012
Llangynog
Post Office under Oswestry 1855 Money Order Office and Savings Bank 2 June 1884 Telegraph Office 27 January 1903 Code used = ILG Relocated to village hall by 2011 – Tuesdays and Thursdays 9am – 2pm Closed 28 April 2014
Llanrhaiadr-yn-Mochnant
Penny Post Office under Shrewsbury by 1830 Post Office under Oswestry by 1853 UDC inscribed Llanrhaiadr-yn-Mochnant 1856 Money Order Office 1 January 1862 Name simply shown as Llanrhaiadr Savings Bank 10 March 1862 Telegraph Office 3 March 1896 Code used = LRU Office name noted as Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant by 1957 Listed on the Post Office Branch Finder website 14 September 2012
Llansilin
Post Office under Oswestry 1847 Money Order Office 1 October 1863 Savings Bank 28 December 1863 Telegraph Office 12 July 1898 Code used = LVL By 2011 opening times = Tuesdays and Thursdays am Listed on the Post Office Branch Finder website 14 September 2012
Llanwddyn
Post Office under Oswestry 1852 Post Office under Llanfyllin RSO 2 June 1873 Post Office under Llanwddyn Reservoir RSO 1 November 1883 Post Office under Oswestry 1 October 1887 Money Order Office and Savings Bank 1 December 1888 Telegraph Office 20 January 1903 Code used = LZP By 2011 opening times = Mondays and Thursdays 8:30am – 4:15pm
Llanwddyn Reservoir
Railway Sub Office 1 October 1883 Code used = H40 Post Office under Oswestry 1 October 1887 Closed 1 December 1888
Llanyblodwell
Penny Post Office under Oswestry January 1833 Post Office under Shrewsbury 1842 Post Office under Oswestry by 1853 Closed 12 January 1989
Llynclys
Post Office under Oswestry 1853 Money Order Office and Savings Bank 2 October 1882 Telegraph Office 10 April 1900 Code used = LYQ Closed 31 July 1997
Loggerheads
Post Office under Market Drayton 1930 – Post Office circular 13 August 1930 Listed on the Post Office Branch Finder website 14 September 2012
London Road
Town Sub Office under Shrewsbury 1 October 1889 Money Order Office and Savings Bank Telegraph Office 26 September 1893 Code used =XYB Replaced by The Column 1 July 1898
Longden
Post Office under Shrewsbury 1891 Telegraph Office 31 March 1908 Code used = UNE Post Office Local 17 January 2014
Longden Green
Town Sub Office under Shrewsbury 1925 – Post Office circular 8 July 1925 Closed 19 March 2003
Longdon-upon-Tern
Post Office under Wellington 1 January 1936 Closed at some time between 1941 and 1946 Re-established 1956 – Post Office circular 16 May 1956 Post Office under Telford 2 April 1969 Closed 1973 – Post Office gazette 6 June 1973 Re-opened 1975 – Post Office gazette 19 February 1975 Closed 1976 – Post Office gazette 10 March 1976
Long Lane
Post Office under Wellington 1935 – Post Office circular 13 February 1935 Closed at some time between 1941 and 1946
Longnor
Post Office under Shrewsbury 1906 Closed by 1998
Longville
Post Office under Much Wenlock 1925 – Post Office circular 8 July 1925 Closed 1983
Loppington
Post Office under Shrewsbury 1849 Closed 1865 Re-established 1890 Money Order Office and Savings Bank 1 December 1893 Telegraph Office 23 March 1909 Code used = UPP Listed on the Post Office Branch Finder website 14 September 2012
Low Town
Town Sub Office under Bridgnorth 1847 Money Order Office and Savings Bank 1 May 1894 Money Order and Savings Bank discontinued 2 July 1894 Money Order and Savings Bank re-established 1 November 1900 Telegraph Office 2 February 1909 Code used = QLP Listed on the Post Office Branch Finder website 14 September 2012
Ludlow
Post Town by 1684 Money Order Office 1 October 1792 Savings Bank 18 November 1861 Telegraph Office 1870 Code used = LOH Salaried Sub-Office 5 October 1968 Modified Scale Payment Office 21 March 1994 Main Office 1 November 2013 Lydbury North
Post Office under Ludlow 1844 Post Office under Shrewsbury 30 April 1850 Railway Sub Office 1858 Code used = 084 Money Order Office and Savings Bank 1 December 1874 Telegraph Office 26 January 1897 Code used = LYU Post Town 1 August 1905 Hosted Outreach 24 February 2009 Community Shop – Mondays and Thursdays 9:30am – 11:30am Listed on the Post Office Branch Finder website 14 September 2012 Listed as a Hosted Outreach service Lyneal
Post Office under Ellesmere 1884 Closed 1916
Madeley
Post Office under ironbridge 1837 Post Office under Shifnal 5 May 1849 Post Office under Newport 9 June 1851 Money Order Office 24 June 1851 Post Office under Wellington 28 June 1852 Savings Bank 16 September 1861 Telegraph Office 1870 Code used = MAH Railway Sub Office 1874 Code used = 281 Post Town 1 August 1905 Post Office under Wellington 12 October 1936 Town Sub Office under Dawley 15 January 1968 Post Office under Telford 2 April 1969 Listed on the Post Office Branch Finder website 14 September 2012
Madeley Wood
Post Office under Shifnal by 1793 Penny Post Office under Shifnal 1806 Renamed Ironbridge circa 1820
Maesbrook
Post Office under Oswestry 1890 Post Office under Llanymynech Sub Office, Montgomeryshire 19 November 1904 Post Office under Oswestry by 1977 Closed 12 July 1982
Maesbrook Road
Town Sub Office under Shrewsbury 1957 – Post Office circular 6 November 1957 Listed on the Post Office Branch Finder website 14 September 2012
Maesbury
Post Office under Oswestry 1859 Closed 1874
Maesbury Marsh
Post Office under Oswestry 1892 Telegraph Office 17 August 1909 Code used = MXM Closed 28 October 2003 Re-opened at the Canal Centre 1 August 2006 Closed 19 January 2010 Malinslee
Post Office under Shifnal 1898 Post Office under Wellington 1 April 1923 Post Office under Dawley 15 January 1968 Post Office under Telford 2 April 1969 Closed circa 1970 - area cleared for the new Telford Town Centre See also New Centre
Marbury
Post Office under Whitchurch 1848 Replaced by a wall box April 1865 Re-established 1884 Telegraph Office 17 February 1914 Code used = MVA Closed 24 March 1993
Marchamley
Post Office under Shrewsbury 1900 Closed by 1998
Mardol
Town Sub Office under Shrewsbury 1892 Money Order Office and Savings Bank 1 February 1893 Temporally closed about the 3 December 1918 Re-opened Telegraph Office 15 February 1943 Code used = OMO Closed 1964
Market Drayton
Post Town by 1684 Postmarks inscribed Drayton to 1794 Money Order Office 1 October 1792 Postmarks inscribed Market Drayton by 1806 Numeral 509 allocated 1844 Savings Bank 18 November 1861 Telegraph Office 1870 Code used = MFY Salaried Sub-Office 5 October 1968 Modified Scale Payment Office in the 1990s Relocated 16 May 2014
Marshbrook
Post Office under Shrewsbury 1853 Post Office under Church Stretton RSO1858 Telegraph Office 12 March 1912 Code used = MVK Closed 4 July 1956
Marton
Post Office under Chirbury RSO by July 1890 Post Office under Montgomery 6 June 1924 Telegraph Office 3 March 1926 Code used = MXP Post Office under Welshpool, Montgomeryshire 12 February 1955 Closed 7 October 2008 Hosted Outreach c/o Pontesbury 9 October 2008 Listed on the Post Office Branch Finder website 14 September 2012 Listed as a Hosted Outreach service
Melverley
Post Office under Oswestry by 1988 Located at Meadow Farm by 2000 Opening time = Tuesdays and Thursdays – 1pm – 5pm Closed 25 November 2010
Melverley Green
Post Office under Oswestry 1899 Post Office under Llanymynech, SO, Montgomeryshire 19 November 1904 Post Office under Oswestry by 1988 Office renamed Melverley
Meole Brace
Town Sub Office under Shrewsbury 1847 Money Order Office 1 July 1861 Savings Bank 10 March 1862 Telegraph Office 25 August 1891 Code used = MBC Telegraph Code changed. Code used = XYC Closed 20 June 2003
Middle
See Myddle
Middleton
Post Office under Ludlow 8 September 1855 The Post Office did not open at this time Established 1862 Closed 1970
Middleton Scriven
Post Office under Bridgnorth 1893 Closed 2 December 2005 Re-opened 31 May 2006 Closed 1 October 2007
Mill Bank
Town Sub Office under Wellington 1 February 1890 Money Order Office and Savings Bank Town Sub Office under Telford 2 April 1969 Closed by February 1973
Milson
Post Office under Kidderminster, Worcestershire 1935 – Post Office circular 11 September 1935 Closed 30 June 1988
Minsterley
Post Office under Shrewsbury 1844 Money Order Office 1 May 1856 Savings Bank 23 December 1861 Telegraph Office 1870 Code used = MKU Listed on the Post Office Branch Finder website 14 September 2012
Moelfre
Post Office under Oswestry by 1/1892 Closed 1981
Monk Hopton
Post Office under Bridgnorth 1845 Closed between 1977 and 1983
Monkmoor
Town Sub Office under Shrewsbury 1934 – Post Office circular 3 October 1934 Money Order Office and Savings Bank Listed on the Post Office Branch Finder website 14 September 2012
Montford
Post Office under Shrewsbury 1849 Renamed Montford Bridge 1867
Montford Bridge
Renamed from Montford 1867 Post Office under Shrewsbury 1867 Railway Sub Office 1878 Code used = 811 Money Order Office and Savings Bank 2 April 1883 Telegraph Office 30 November 1886 Code used = MFB Post Office under Shrewsbury 1 October 1887 Closed 16 February 2009 Hosted Outreach at Old Shop 24 March 2009 Closed 24 December 2010
Morda
Post Office under Oswestry 1854 Money Order Office and Savings Bank 1 May 1890 Money Order and Savings Bank discontinued 1 June 1897 Closed 18 August 2008
Moreton
Post Office under Newport 1856 Post Office under Oswestry 1877 Closed 1926 – Post Office circular 14 April 1926 Re-opened Closed 31 August 1983
Moreton Saye
Post Office under Market Drayton by June 1938 Closed between 1941 and 1946
Morville
Post Office under Bridgnorth 1857 Telegraph Office 10 November 1896 Code used = MVE Closed 31 January 1976
Moston Road
Town Sub Office under Shrewsbury 1956 – Post Office circular 11 July 1956 Closed 17 March 2005 Much Wenlock
Renamed from Wenlock Post Office by 1797 Penny Post Office under Shifnal 1806 Mileage marks in use 1807 - 1810 Post Office under Ironbridge March 1838 Money Order Office 6 December 1844 Post Office under Shifnal 5 May 1849 Post Office under Newport 9 June 1851 Post Office under Wellington 28 June 1852 Savings Bank 10 March 1862 Telegraph Office 1870 Code used = MMW Railway Sub Office 1874 Post Town 1 August 1905 Listed on the Post Office Branch Finder website 14 September 2012
Mucklestone
Post Office under Market Drayton 1897 Closed 27 April 1983
Munslow
Post Office under Shrewsbury 1848 Post Office under Church Stretton RSO 1858 Money Order Office and Savings Bank 1 July 1873 Post Office under Craven Arms RSO by April 1880 Telegraph Office 27 July 1898 Code used = MSO Closed 24 February 2009
Muxton
Renamed from Wellington Road Town Sub Office under Telford 28 September 1985 Relocated 6 February 2014 – Post Office Local
Myddle
Post Office under Shrewsbury 1847 Postmarks inscribed Middle Money Order Office and Savings Bank 1 January 1886 Telegraph Office 24 September 1907 Code used = MDU Renamed Myddle 5 November 1907 Closed 14 January 1997
Nantmawr
Post Office under Oswestry 1899 Replaced by Treflach 23 March 1995
Nash
Post Office under Ludlow 1930 Closed 1979
Neen Sollars
Post Office under Bewdley, Worcestershire 1895 Post Office under Cleobury Mortimer SO by July 1903 Telegraph Office 25 April 1911 Code used = NNS Post Office under Shrewsbury 1 May 1918 Post Office under Cleobury Mortimer 15 February 1921 Post Office under Kidderminster, Worcestershire January 1923 Closed 1969 – re – village handbook
Neenton
Post Office under Bridgnorth 1857 Closed 1863 Re-established 1897 Closed 1982
Nesscliffe
Post Office under Shrewsbury 1845 Telegraph Office 24 August 1886 Code used = NLF Money Order Office and Savings Bank 1 October 1886 Listed on the Post Office Branch Finder website 14 September 2012
New Centre
Replacement office for Malinslee Town Sub Office under Telford 1977 Replaced by Telford Central 14 February 1983
Newcastle
Post Office under Little Brampton RSO 1862 Post Office under Aston on Clun RSO 1878 Money Order Office and Savings Bank 1 May 1901 Post Office under Clun 1910 Post Office under Craven Arms 1 May 1935 Relocated 6 August 2005 Closed 17 May 2010
New Donnington
Post Office under Wellington 1942 Telegraph Office 1 July 1942 Code used = NDM Renamed Donnington 1 August 1954
Newport
Post Town 1690 R.Haines appointed Postmaster Money Order Office 1 October 1792 Telegraph Office 1870 Code used = NZ Listed on the Post Office Branch Finder website 14 September 2012
Newton
Post Office under Shrewsbury 1851 Railway Sub Office 1858 Closed 1867 Renamed Craven Arms
Norbury
Post Office under Newport 1873 Post Office under Stafford 1 July 1926 Closed 1979 – Post Office gazette 12 December 1979
Nordley
Post Office under Bridgnorth by June 1939 Closed 9 September 1986
Northwood
Post Office under Shrewsbury 1907 Closed by 1995
Norton
See also Norton-in-Hales
Norton
Post Office under Shifnal 1845 Telegraph Office 29 January 1901 Code used = NNO Money Order Office and Savings Bank by 1908 Moved to village hall 13 September 2001 Closed 28 April 2008 Hosted Outreach at village hall 19 February 2009 Open Tuesdays 12:30pm – 2:30pm Opening times still in operation 26 November 2014
Norton-in-Hales
Post Office under Market Drayton 1857 UDC inscribed Norton Money Order Office and Savings Bank 1 March 1894 ‘in Hales’ added to the place name 2 July 1894 Telegraph Office 26 March 1901 Code used = NRM Closed 12 February 1997
Oakengates
Post Office under Wellington 1843 Money Order Office 1 September 1856 Savings Bank 10 March 1862 Telegraph Office 1870 Code used = OA Post Town 11 March 1935 Town Sub Office under Telford 2 April 1969 Modified Scale Payment Office 23 November 1992 Listed on the Post Office Branch Finder website 14 September 2012 Location = Co-Op store
Old Park
Post Office under Dawley RSO 1902 Post Office under Wellington 1 April 1923 Post Office under Oakengates 11 March 1935 Post Office under Wellington 4 March 1957 Post Office under Dawley 15 January 1968 Post Office under Telford 2 April 1969 Closed 1 April 1970
Oldbury
Post Office under Bridgnorth 1857 Closed 1938 or 1939
Onibury
Post Office under Ludlow 1842 Post Office under Shrewsbury 30 April 1850 Post Office under Newton RSO 18 January 1858 Post Office under Craven Arms RSO 1867 Closed 1870 Re-established 1887 Money Order Office and Savings Bank 1 March 1893 Telegraph Office 20 June 1893 Code Used = ONB Closed 4 November 1999
Oreton
Post Office under Cleobury Mortimer 1909 Post Office under Shrewsbury 1 May 1918 Post Office under Cleobury Mortimer 15 February 1921 Post Office under Kidderminster, Worcestershire January 1923 Closed 26 August 2006
Orleton
Post Office under Ludlow 1856 Money Order Office and Savings Bank 2 May 1881 Railway Sub Office 30 August 1881 Telegraph Office 20 June 1893 Code used = OLT Post Town 1 August 1905 Post Office under Brimfield 3 February 1922 Post Office under Ludlow 5 May 1925 Listed on the Post Office Branch Finder website 14 September 2012
Oswestry
Post Town by 1698 Money Order Office 1 October 1792 Savings Bank 23 December 1861 Telegraph Office 1870 Code used = OW Salaried Sub-Office 5 October 1968
Overdale
Town Sub Office under Wellington by 1954 Post Office under Dawley 15 January 1968 Town Sub Office under Telford 2 April 1969 Listed on the Post Office Branch Finder website 14 September 2012
Pains Lane
Post Office under Wellington 1857 Renamed St.George’s 1 April 1867
Pant
Post Office under Oswestry 1859 Closed 1864 Re-established 1867 Railway Sub Office 1874 Post Office under Oswestry 1887 Post Office under Llanymynech SO, Montgomeryshire 19 November 1904 Post Office under Oswestry by June 1939 Listed on the Post Office Branch Finder website 14 September 2012
Park Avenue
Town Sub Office under Oswesty by April 1904 Money Order Office and Savings Bank Closed 1965 The closure date is on or after the 31 July 1965
Park Corner
Town Sub Office under Wellington 9 March 1927 Town Sub Office under Telford 2 April 1969 Closed 18 August 2008
Park Hall Camp
Post Office under Oswestry 14 December 1915 Money Order Office and Savings Bank Telegraph Office Code used = PZX Closed 1919 Re-established 1 October 1941 Closed 1978 – Post Office gazette 8 March 1978
Park Hall West Camp
Post Office under Oswestry circa 1916 Closed circa 1918
Pennerley
Post Office under Shrewsbury 1930 Closed 24 June 1977
Pentre
Post Office under Shrewsbury by July 1890 Scale Payment Sub Office 20 October 1998 Opening times = Tuesdays and Thursdays – 10am – 12 noon Listed on the Post Office Branch Finder website 14 September 2012
Penybont
Post Office under Oswestry 1 July 1897 Money Order Office and Savings Bank Telegraph Office 10 August 1897 Code used = PYO Closed 8 April 1997
Penybontfawr
Post Office under Oswestry 1859 Money Order Office and Savings Bank 1 July 1901 Telegraph Office 6 January 1903 Code used = PBF Listed on the Post Office Branch Finder website 14 September 2012 Penygarnedd
Post Office under Oswestry 1881 Closed 1974
Peplow
Post Office under Market Drayton 1891 Money Order Office and Savings Bank 1 November 1894 Telegraph Office 2 October 1900 Code used = PPL Post Office under Hodnet 24 January 1927 Post Office under Market Drayton 15 March 1954 Closed between 1968 and 1970
Peplow RAF PO
Post Office under Market Drayton 12 July 1944 Closed 28 February 1945
Perkins Green
Post Office under Shrewsbury 1858 Closed 1858 It is possible that this office never actually opened
Pipe Gate
Post Office under market Drayton 1892 Money Order Office and Savings Bank by 1908 Closed 3 October 2005
Pitchford
Post Office under Shrewsbury 1895 Closed 1923
Platt Lane
Post Office under Whitchurch 1893 Money Order Office and Savings Bank 1 February 1897 Closed 1973 – Post Office gazette 4 July 1973
Port Hill
Town Sub Office under Shrewsbury 1929 – Post Office circular 9 January 1929 Closed 2 February 2005
Pontesbury
Post Office under Shrewsbury 1843 Money Order Office and Savings Bank 1 October 1869 Telegraph Office by 1875 Code used = PEB Brian Simmonds Postmaster 30 April 2014 Relocated as Post Office local at Connections Ltd 28 July 2014
Pontesford
Renamed from Pontesford Bridge 8 August 1905 Post Office under Shrewsbury Closed 1961
Pontesford Bridge Post Office under Shrewsbury 1855 Renamed Pontesford 8 August 1905
Porthywaen
Post Office under Oswestry Listed in Post office Guide January 1874 Listed in Post office Guide January 1875 This office may not have actually opened
Prees
Post Office under Shrewsbury 13 December 1843 Post Office under Market Drayton 5 April 1847 Post Office under Whitchurch 5 April 1850 Post Office under Shrewsbury 7 April 1851 Money Order Office 2 March 1857 Telegraph Office by 1873 Code used = PGG Post Office under Whitchurch 1 November 1880 Listed on the Post Office Branch Finder website 14 September 2012
Prees Green
Post Office under Whitchurch 1914 Temporarily closed Re-opened 3 February 1954 Closed 31 August 1976
Preesgweene
Post Office under Ruabon, Denbighshire 1897 Money Order Office and Savings Bank by January 1898 Post Office under Oswestry 1 September 1910 Closed 1977
Prees Heath Camp
Post Office under Whitchurch circa 1915 Closed circa 1917
Preston
Post Office under Wellington 1857 Closed 1857 Possible that this office never actually opened
Preston
Post Office under Wellington 1930 – Post Office circular 10 December 1930 Post Office under Telford 2 April 1969 Closed 1980
Preston Brockhurst
Post Office under Shrewsbury 1857 Closed 27 February 1976
Preston Gobbalds
Post Office under Shrewsbury 1854 Closed 1924
Priest Weston
Post Office under Montgomery 1936 – Post Office circular 17 June 1936 Temporarily closed re-opened 18 April 1963 Closed 22 July 1972
Priors Lee
Post Office under Shifnal 1855 Post Office under Wellington 1 April 1923 Post Office under Oakengates 11 March 1935 Name changed to Priorslee circa November 1947 Town Sub Office under Telford 2 April 1969 Closed 1977
Pulverbatch
Post Office under Shrewsbury 1847 Money Order Office and Savings Bank 1 January 1892 Telegraph Office 26 September 1899 Code used = PBU Relocated to the White Horse Inn by 2000 Opening time = Tuesdays and Thursdays 10am – 3pm Closed 16 January 2001
Quatford
Post Office under Bridgnorth 1857 Closed 1963 or 1964
Quatt
Post Office under Bridgnorth 1857 UDC inscribed Quat Postmark inscribed Quatt by 1887 Telegraph Office 9 June 1896 Code used = QTT Closed 1919 – Post Office circular 16 September 1919 Re-opened 22 November 1922 Closed 1 December 2008 Relocated to Farm Shop Opening hours = Mondays – pm Listed on the Post Office Branch Finder website 14 September 2012 Listed as a Hosted Outreach service
Queen’s Head
Post Office under Oswestry 1900 Telegraph Office 16 November 1909 Code used = YQH Closed between 1977 and 1983
Radbrook Green
Town Sub Office under Shrewsbury 9 June 1987 Listed on the Post Office Branch Finder website 14 September 2012
Randlay
Post Office under Telford 21 July 1978 Located at Unit 1 Local Centre, Randlay Telford TF3 Closed 6 November 2008
Ratlinghope
Post Office under Shrewsbury 1927 – Post Office circular 20 July 1927 Telegraph Office 1 September 1945 Code used = RTL Closed by 1998
Redbrook
Post Office under Whitchurch 1858 Telegraph Office 23 July 1895 Code used = RQK Renamed Redbrook Maelor 1 October 1895
Redbrook Maelor
Renamed from Redbrook 1 October 1895 Post Office under Whitchurch Telegraph Office Code used = RGK Telegraph service discontinued 30 September 1943 Money Order Office and Savings Bank by 1914 Temporally closed 3 April 1950 Re-opened Closed between 1977 and 1983
Rednal RAF PO
Post Office under Oswestry 1 June 1943 Closed 19 June 1945
Rhydycroesau
Post Office under Oswestry 1849 Closed 11 March 2009 Hosted Post Office in the village hall Opening times = Thursdays 9am – 11am Listed on the Post Office Branch Finder website 14 September 2012 Listed as a Hosted Outreach service
Richards Castle
Post Office under Ludlow 1851 Closed 1856 Re-established 1871 Closed 27 May 1977
Roden
Post Office under Wellington 1904 Telegraph Office 30 June 1905 Code used = RDO Money Order Office and Savings Bank by 1908 Post Office under Telford 2 April 1969 Closed 30 July 1983
Rodington
Post Office under Shrewsbury 1847 Relocated to the village hall by 2000 Opening times = Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 9am – 1pm Saturday 9am – 12 Noon Listed on the Post Office Branch Finder website 14 September 2012 Listed as still in the village hall
Rorrington
Post Office under Chirbury RSO 1882 Post Office under Montgomery 6 June 1924 Closed 9 July 1984
Rushbury
Post Office under Shrewsbury 1852 Post Office under Church Stretton RSO1858 Closed 1872
Ruyton-XI-Towns
Penny Post Office under Shrewsbury 1839 UDC inscribed Ruyton 1857 Money order Office and Savings Bank 1 August 1874 Postmarks inscribed Ruyton-of-the-XI-Towns Telegraph Office 10 June 1890 Code used = RUY Postmarks inscribed Ruyton-XI-Towns by 2 July 1900 Post Office under Crewe, Cheshire by 14 September 2012
Ryton
Post Office under Shrewsbury 1898 Closed 1984
Sambrook
Post Office under Newport 1891 Post Office under Wellington 31 July 1926 Post Office under Newport 1 November 1949 Closed 8 October 2008
Seifton
Post Office under Craven Arms 1902 Telegraph Office 6 January 1903 Code used = XUX Money Order Office and Savings Bank by 1908 Closed 1963
Selattyn
Post Office under Oswestry 1853 Closed 25 June 1976
Sentinel Gardens
Town Sub Office under Shrewsbury 1 December 1925 Money Order office and Savings Bank Temporally closed circa 4 August 2008 Re-open 18 August 2008 Listed on the Post Office Branch Finder website 14 September 2012
Shawbury
Post Office under Shrewsbury 1843 Money Order Office 1 July 1868 Savings Bank 1 October 1868 Telegraph Office 19 December 1905 Code used = XWU Listed on the Post Office Branch Finder website 14 September 2012
Shebdon
Post Office under Newport 1894 Money Order Office and Savings Bank 1 November 1894 Post Office under Stafford 1 July 1926 Closed 1982
Sheriffhales
Post Office under Newport 1854 Money Order Office and Savings Bank 1 September 1899 Telegraph Office 10 January 1905 Code used = XRS Post Office under Shifnal 8 January 1911 Closed 31 October 2012
Shifnal
Post Town by 1685 Money Order Office 1 October 1792 Savings Bank 25 November 1861 Telegraph Office 1870 Code used = SIG Salaried Sub-Office 1 September 1917 Listed on the Post Office Branch Finder website 14 September 2012
Shipton
Post Office under Much Wenlock RSO 1898 Closed between 1961 and 1963
Shrawardine
Post Office under Shrewsbury 1869 Post Office under Montford Bridge RSO 1880 Post Office under Shrewsbury 1 October 1887 Closed by 1998
Shrewsbury
Post Town by 1675 Money Order Office 1 October 1792 Savings Bank 30 December 1861 Telegraph Office 1870 Code used = SY Company Franchise Post Office 21 September 2006 - W.H.Smith Listed on the Post Office Branch Finder website 14 September 2012 Listed as a Post Office under Kidderminster, Worcestershire
Shropshire Orthopaedic Hospital
Post Office under Oswestry 1930 – Post Office circular 12 February 1930 Telegraph Office 17 April 1950 Code used = OWO Name changed to The Orthopaedic Hospital April 1963 Listed on the Post Office Branch Finder website 14 September 2012
Silverdale
Post Office under Shrewsbury 1854
Six Ashes
Post Office under Bridgnorth 1878 Closed 17 July 1987
Sleap RAF PO
Post Office under Shrewsbury 1944 Closed 1945
Smethcote
Post Office under Shrewsbury 1848 Name sometimes shown as Smethcott Closed 1874
Snailbeach
Post Office under Shrewsbury 1897 Money Order Office and Savings Bank 1 February 1901 Closed 12 November 2008 Hosted Outreach at Perkins Beach Meth 2013 Opening hours = Wednesday am Listed on the Post Office website as Stiperstones
Soudley
Post Office under Shrewsbury 1870 Post Office under Church Stretton RSO 1873 Closed 12 July 1982
Springhill
Town Sub Office under Wellington 1929 – Post Office circular 11 September 1929 Closed 1964
St.George’s
Renamed from Pains Lane 1 April 1867 Post Office under Wellington Money Order Office and Savings Bank 1 April 1867 Telegraph Office 26 August 1890 Code used = SQG Town Sub Office under Oakengates 11 March 1935 Town Sub Office of Telford 2 April 1969 Closed 22 February 2005
St.Martin’s
Post Office under Ruabon, Denbighshire 1850 Money Order Office and Savings Bank 1 September 1875 Telegraph Office 14 June 1892 Code used = SOM Post Office under Oswestry 1 September 1910 Closed 4 January 2011 Re-opened as Post Office Local at Stan’s store 18 April 2011 Listed on the Post Office Branch Finder website 14 September 2012
St.Michael’s Street
Town Sub Office under Shrewsbury 1910 Closed 30 May 1986
Stanmore Camp
Post Office under Bridgnorth 9 April 1941 Telegraph Office Code used = SKO Renamed Bridgnorth RAF Station 1957
Stanton
Post Office under Shrewsbury 1856 Telegraph Office 10 May 1898 Code used = XAT Closed 1998 or 1999
Stanton Lacy
Post Office under Ludlow 1853 Post Office under Shrewsbury by May 1856 Post Office under Bromfield RSO 1858 Post Office under Ludlow 1 June 1912 Temporally closed 13 November 1992 Re-opened 1 March 1993 Closed 19 March 2001
Stanton Long
Post Office under Wellington 1858 Post Office under Much Wenlock RSO 1874 Money Order Office and Savings Bank 1 February 1889 Closed 1978
Stapleton
Post Office under Shrewsbury 1854 Closed 1858 Re-established 1880 Closed 1957 or 1958
Station Road
Town Sub Office under Whitchurch 1935 – Post Office circular 3 April 1935 Closed 31 January 1983
Steventon Road
Town Sub Office under Ludlow 1931 – Post Office circular 8 July 1931 Closed 6 March 2002
Stirchley
Post Office under Shifnal 1903 Post Office under Wellington 1 April 1923 Post Office under Dawley 15 January 1968 Post Office under Telford 2 April 1969 Closed 30 November 1972
Stoke Heath RAF PO
Post Office under Market Drayton 1 October 1943 Closed circa 1953
Stoke St.Milborough
Post Office under Ludlow 1875 Telegraph Office 15 December 1908 Code used = XSL Closed 1972
Stoke-on-Tern
Post Office under Market Drayton 1936 – Post Office circular 6 May 1936 Closed between 1968 and 1970
Stottesdon
Post Office under Bewdley, Worcestershire 1856 Post Office under Cleobury Mortimer SO 1895 Post Office under Shrewsbury 1 May 1918 Post Office under Cleobury Mortimer 15 February 1921 Post Office under Kidderminster, Worcestershire January 1923 Closed 5 December 1992
Sutton
Post Office under Newport 1859 Telegraph Office 3 March 1926 Code used = XUZ Closed 1 August 1945
Sutton Farm
Town Sub Office under Shrewsbury 1969 Listed on the Post Office Branch Finder website 14 September 2012 Listed as Post Office under Welshpool, Montgomeryshire
Sutton Hill
Town Sub Office under Dawley by April 1968 Town Sub Office under Telford 2 April 1969 Listed on the Post Office Branch Finder website 14 September 2012 Closed by 2013
Sydney Cottage
Town Sub Office under Bridgnorth by 1963 Listed on the Post Office Branch Finder website 14 September 2012
Telford
Post Town 2 April 1969 New Town, based on Wellington No public counter named Telford
Telford Central
Renamed from New Centre Branch Office under Telford 14 February 1983 Franchise Post Office 13 March 2014 – W H Smith
Tern Hill
Post Office under Market Drayton 1913 Telegraph Office 6 January 1914 Code used = TNK Closed 11 September 1997
Ternhill RAF PO
Post Office under Market Drayton 1 July 1943 Closed 31 January 1949
Ternhill RAF
Post Office under Market Drayton by 26 January 1956 Closed on or after 10 January 1971
Tetchill
Post Office under Ellesmere 1898 Closed March 2000 Officially closed 28 April 2000
The Bridges
Post Office under Shrewsbury 1859 Location = near Ratlinghope Closed 1869
The Column
Replaced London Road Town Sub Office under Shrewsbury 1 July 1898 Money Order office and Savings Bank Telegraph Office Code used = XYB – The same code used previously at London Road Closed 1946 or 1947
The Down
Post Office under Bridgnorth 1936 – Post Office circular 5 February 1936 Closed 1980 – Post Office gazette 27 February 1980
The Grove
Town Sub Office under Bridgnorth 1 July 1936 Savings Bank Closed between 1939 and 1941
The Hobbins
Renamed from Bridgnorth RAF Station Post Office by 1964 Closed 13 August 2008
The Lodge
Post Office under Ruabon, Denbighshire 18 May 1852 Money Order Office and Savings Bank 1 May 1877 Renamed Weston Rhyn 2 November 1891
The Mount
Town Sub Office under Shrewsbury 1894 Closed 1937 or 1938
The Orthopaedic Hospital
See Shropshire Orthopaedic Hospital
Tibberton
Post Office under Newport 1888 Telegraph Office 2 October 1894 Code used = TBN Money Order Office and Savings Bank 1 March 1898 Post Office under Wellington 31 July 1926 Post Office under Newport 1 November 1949 Closed 25 March 2006
Tilstock
Post Office under Whitchurch 19 March 1851 Post Office under Shrewsbury 7 April 1851 Post Office under Whitchurch 18 July 1859 Telegraph Office 30 September 1913 Code used = TIX Closed 20 May 2004
Tong
Post Office under Shifnal 12 August 1854 Money Order Office and Savings Bank 1 July 1882 Telegraph Office 4 August 1896 Code used = TNO Closed 1971
Towers
Post Office under Ironbridge 1966 – Post Office circular 14 December 1966 Post Office under Telford 2 April 1969 Closed August 1969 Located in the canteen on the construction site of Iron Bridge ‘B’ Power Station
Treflach
Replaced Nantmawr Post Office under Oswestry 23 March 1995 Closed 31 March 2006
Trefonen
Post Office under Oswestry 1859 Telegraph Office 1 July 1946 Code used = TON Closed 24 August 2006 Re-opened 16 July 2007 Closed 31 December 2013 following a robbery
Trench Lane
Post Office under Wellington 1857 Money Order Office and Savings Bank by 1908 Renamed Trench 1 August 1923
Trench
Renamed from Trench Lane Post Office under Wellington 1 August 1923 Money Order Office and Savings Bank Telegraph Office 7 March 1934 Code used = TCZ Post Office under Telford 2 April 1969 Listed on the Post Office Branch Finder website 14 September 2012
Tycrwyn
Post Office under Oswestry by 4/1893 Post Office under Llanfyllin, Montgomeryshire 19 January 1904 Closed between 1966 and 1968
Uffington
Post Office under Shrewsbury 1876 Closed 1975 – Post Office gazette 12 November 1975
Upper Bar
Town Sub Office under Newport 2 February 1891 Money Order Office and Savings Bank Closed 1925 – Post Office circular 4 November 1925 Re-established 1929 – Post Office circular 14 August 1929 Closed 29 February 1992
Uppington
Post Office under Wellington 1846 Telegraph Office 8 November 1887 Code used = UPT Money Order Office and Savings Bank 1 December 1887 Closed 1947 – Post Office circular 29 January 1947 Re-opened 1950 – Post Office circular 1 February 1950 Closed in or after 1950.
Upton Magna
Post Office under Shrewsbury 1854 Telegraph Office 13 June 1893 Code used = UMN Closed 28 August 1996 Re-opened 31 October 2002 Closed 2 March 2007
Walcot
Post Office under Wellington 1935 Post Office under Telford 2 April 1969 Closed 1976 – Post Office gazette 10 march 1976
Walford Heath
Post Office under Shrewsbury 1905 Closed 30 July 1996
Wall-under Heywood
Post Office under Shrewsbury 1872 Post Office under Church Stretton RSO 1873 Closed 19 September 2000
Waters Upton
Post Office under Wellington 1854 Money Order Office and Savings Bank 1 July 1896 Post Office under Telford 2 April 1969 Closed 23 August 1996 Re-opened 13 March 1997 at the Lion Inn Closed 20 March 2003 New Post Office stores opened 24 March 2003 Listed on the Post Office Branch Finder website 14 September 2012 Wellington
Post Office under Shifnal by 1793 At this stage this was an unofficial post Post Town 6 July 1813 Money Order Office 6 July 1813 Savings Bank 30 October 1861 Telegraph Office 1870 Code used = WS Post Office under Telford 2 April 1969 Modified Scale Payment Office 20 October 1996 Listed on the Post Office Branch Finder website 14 September 2012
Wellington Road
Renamed from Donnington Central Town Sub Office under Donnington, Wellington 1956 – Post Office circular 13 June 1956) Town Sub Office under Telford 2 April 1969 Renamed Muxton 28 September 1985
Welshampton
Post Office under Shrewsbury 1870 Post Office under Ellesmere 1884 Money Order Office and Savings Bank 1 January 1892 Telegraph Office 18 June 1895 Code used = WXH Closed 3 June 1999
Welsh Frankton
Post Office under Oswestry 1859 Closed 7 September 1999
Wem
Post Office under Shrewsbury by Money Order Office 1 March 1849 Savings Bank 16 September 1861 Telegraph Office 1870 Code used = WES
Wenlock
Post Office by 1793 Renamed Much Wenlock
Wenlock Road
Town Sub Office under Shrewsbury by November 1947 Closed 1975 – Post Office gazette 12 November 1975
Wentnor
Post Office under Shrewsbury 1856 Post Office under Bishops Castle RSO 1860 Scale Payment Sub Office 10 September 1998 – Crown Office Closed 28 March 2002 Re-open 16 July 2002 Closed 12 November 2008 Hosted Outreach, The Shop Opening times = Tuesday 9am – 11am Listed on the Post Office Branch Finder website 14 September 2012
West Felton
Renamed from Felton Post Office under Shrewsbury 1856 Money Order Office and Savings Bank 1 January 1872 Railway Sub Office 13 July 1874 Code used = 174 Telegraph Office June 1885 Code used = WFK Post Office under Oswestry 1 October 1887 Closed 24 September 2008 Hosted outreach Opening times = Wednesday, Friday and Saturday 9am – 12 noon. Listed on the Post Office Branch Finder website 14 September 2012 Listed as a Hosted Outreach service
Westgate
Town Sub Office under Bridgnorth 1935 – Post Office Circular 14 August 1935 Closed 1946 or 1947
Westbury
Penny Post Office under Shrewsbury 1838 Money Order Office and Savings Bank 1 April 1878 Telegraph Office 24 October 1899 Code used = WUY
Weston
Post Office under Shrewsbury 1850 Telegraph Office 20 May 1902 Code used = WUJ Closed 21 December 1999
Weston Lullingfield
Post Office under Shrewsbury 1914 Closed 31 December 1976
Weston Rhyn
Renamed from The Lodge Post Office under Ruabon, Denbighshire 2 November 1891 Money Order Office and Savings Bank Telegraph Office 2 November 1891 Code used = WVR Post Office under Oswestry 1 September 1910 Listed on the Post Office Branch Finder website 14 September 2012
Weston-under-Lizard
Post Office under Shifnal 1854 Money Order Office and Savings Bank 1 January 1880 Postmarks shown as Weston-under-Liziard Post marks shown as Weston-under-Lizard – extra ‘i’ omitted 2 August 1880 Telegraph Office 14 February 1884 Code used = WGG Closed 3 February 2004
Whitchurch
Post Town by 1691 Money Order Office 1 October 1792 Savings Bank 30 December 1861 Telegraph Office 1870 Code used = WHL Sub Post Office 1 February 1966 Modified Scale Payment Office 7 November 1994 Main Post Office by 1 May 2013 Whittington
Penny Post Office under Oswestry 1839 Money Order Office and Savings Bank 1 November 1880 Telegraph Office 11 June 1889 Code used = WTT Relocated 30 August 2001 Listed on the Post Office Branch Finder website 14 September 2012
Willey
Post Office under Bridgnorth 1857 Closed 1857 Possible that this office never actually opened Whixall
Post Office under Whitchurch 1859 UDC inscribed Wixhall Closed 1874 Re-established by July 1885 Postmarks still inscribed Wixhall Money Order Office and Savings Bank 1 March 1898 Postmarks from this date inscribed Whixall Telegraph Office 14 August 1906 Code used = VHL Closed between 1977 and 1983
Wistanstow
Post Office under Shrewsbury 1847 Railway Sub Office 1858 code used = 090 Post Office under Craven Arms RSO 1873 Closed by December 1989
Wistanswick
Post Office under Market Drayton 1872 Closed by December 1989
Withington
Post Office under Shrewsbury 1898 Closed 1982
Wixhall
See Whixhall
Wollerton
Post Office under Market Drayton 1897 Post Office under Hodnet 24 August 1908 Post Office under Market Drayton 7 September 1909 Closed by December 1989
Woodside
Town Sub Office under Oswesty by 1951 Closed 29 December 1984
Woodside
Town Sub Office under Telford 1969 Skeleton postmark issued 27 August 1969 Closed 14 May 2005
Woore
Post Office under Stafford by 1793 Post Office under Market Drayton 5 July 1837 UDC in use by 1839 Post Office under Newcastle, Staffordshire 1 July 1868 Money Order Office 1 July 1868 Savings Bank 1 October 1868 Telegraph Office 1870’s Code used = WOI Post Office under Crewe, Cheshire 1916 Temporally closed 19 May 2009 – audit Re-opened 10 June 2009 Listed on the Post Office Branch Finder website 14 September 2012
Worfield
Post Office under Wolverhampton 1842 Post Office under Bridgnorth 9 June 1851 Money Order Office and Savings Bank 1 June 1874 Telegraph Office 11 July 1893 Code used = WFQ Listed on the Post Office Branch Finder website 14 September 2012
Worthen
Post Office under Shrewsbury 1850 Money Order Office and Savings Bank 1 April 1873 Telegraph Office 21 June 1898 Code used = WVJ Closed 12 November 2008 Partner Outreach Opening time = Monday to Saturday 9am - 6 pm Listed on the Post Office Branch Finder website 14 September 2012
Wrockwardine
Post Office under Wellington 1857 Closed 1883 Re-opened 1887 Post Office under Telford 2 April 1969 Scale Payment Sub Office 31 March 1998 Village hall – Tuesdays and Thursdays – 9am – 11am Closed 28 October 2005
Wrockwardine Wood
Post Office under Wellington 1864 Closed 1871 Re-established 1 January 1884 Money Order Office and Savings Bank Post Office under Oakengates by January 1921 Town Sub Office under Telford 2 April 1969 Closed by 1995
Wroxeter
Post Office under Shrewsbury 1845 Post Office under Cross Houses 17 June 1921 Post Office under Shrewsbury 2 May 1927 Relocated at Blue Bell House, Uppington by 2000 Opening hours = Tuesdays and Thursdays – 9am – 1pm Closed 27 February 2008 Re-opened 29 August 2009 Hosted Outreach, Wroxeter Hotel Closed 7 August 2010 Wyken
Post Office under Bridgnorth 1855 Closed 1857
Yockleton
Post Office under Shrewsbury 1850 Telegraph Office 29 December 1908 Code used = YOK Restricted opening times by 2000 Thursday 9am – 10am only Closed 6 June 2006 Re-opened 2 April 2007 Opening hours = Monday and Thursday 9am – 11am Tuesday 9am – 10am Closed 17 February 2010