Category:General Post Office (London)
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A category for the headquarters buildings of the General Post Office in London.
From 1678 the principal building of the Post Office in London was in the area of Lombard Street, near to the present-day Bank of England. By 1829 the Lombard Street site had become inadequate, and the organisation moved to a new purpose-built building at St Martins Le Grand, just north of St Paul's Cathedral. A second building was added in 1874, opposite the first; this became the Central Telegraph Office. These were joined by a further building, of office space, opened just to the north in 1895, which became GPO (North), or Postal Headquarters.
A further building, the King Edward Building, opened in 1911. This provided a new "London Chief Office" with frontage on King Edward Street, together with extensive sorting offices behind that had their own entrance facade on Newgate Street, replacing the 1829 building which was demolished.
Subcategories
This category has the following 8 subcategories, out of 8 total.
Media in category "General Post Office (London)"
The following 14 files are in this category, out of 14 total.
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British parcels post -cage for reg. Parcels LCCN2014689782.jpg 5,848 × 4,179; 2.43 MB
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British Parcels Post-sorting parcels for foreign mail LCCN2014689781.jpg 5,816 × 4,285; 2.45 MB
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General Letter Office plaque London 1661.jpg 1,216 × 1,013; 949 KB
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Parcels division, Gen'l P.O., London LCCN2014689780.jpg 5,760 × 4,260; 2.67 MB
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The work of the General Post Office, London, October 1941 D5226.jpg 800 × 594; 65 KB
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The work of the General Post Office, London, October 1941 D5279.jpg 800 × 608; 46 KB
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William Dockwra plaque 2015.jpg 2,244 × 2,208; 3.14 MB
