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hexagon789 said:
Seems a bit strange that, or is there a geographical reason behind it?
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Almost all of the Wirral have Chester postcodes even though they are classed as Merseyside. I think it's just one of them things . Probably to do with border changes etc over time.
 
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hexagon789 said:
Seems a bit strange that, or is there a geographical reason behind it?
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Postcodes aren't based on County, but rather on where the post was sorted / distributed from. E.g. half of Cumbria has an LA postcode (Lancaster, not Lancashire), as does parts of North Yorkshire.
It gets really confusing at places like Cowan Bridge in North Yorkshire, where the correct postal address is streetname/Kirkby Lonsdale (not Cowan Bridge)/postcode. Village in Yorkshire, Kirkby Lonsdale is in Cumbria, while the postcode is LA**
 
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randyrippley said:
Postcodes aren't based on County, but rather on where the post was sorted / distributed from. E.g. half of Cumbria has an LA postcode (Lancaster, not Lancashire), as does parts of North Yorkshire.
It gets really confusing at places like Cowan Bridge in North Yorkshire, where the correct postal address is streetname/Kirkby Lonsdale (not Cowan Bridge)/postcode. Village in Yorkshire, Kirkby Lonsdale is in Cumbria, while the postcode is LA**
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Oh right, so it's based more on sorting centre. That does make a lot of sense really, just never thought about it before.
 
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Y Ddraig Coch said:
Almost all of the Wirral have Chester postcodes even though they are classed as Merseyside. I think it's just one of them things . Probably to do with border changes etc over time.
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Now, don’t quote me on this one, but I remember a big kick off when I was a kid about people from heswall wanting a Cheshire postcode to bump up house prices. I’m almost positive they had an L postcode about 20 years ago.
 
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sw1ller said:
Now, don’t quote me on this one, but I remember a big kick off when I was a kid about people from heswall wanting a Cheshire postcode to bump up house prices. I’m almost positive they had an L postcode about 20 years ago.
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L being?
 
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sw1ller said:
Now, don’t quote me on this one, but I remember a big kick off when I was a kid about people from heswall wanting a Cheshire postcode to bump up house prices. I’m almost positive they had an L postcode about 20 years ago.
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You are correct Wirral did have L (Liverpool) post codes and they were changed for the reasons you suggested. It was quite a local news story at the time.
sw1ller said:
Now, don’t quote me on this one, but I remember a big kick off when I was a kid about people from heswall wanting a Cheshire postcode to bump up house prices. I’m almost positive they had an L postcode about 20 years ago.
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hexagon789 said:
Have we had Athelstaneford, West Lothian or Glenzier, Dumfriesshire?
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Actually Athelstaneford is in EAST Lothian and is pronounced locally as Elshinford but better still is Aberchirder in Aberdeenshire which is known as Foggy Loan!
 
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Kevin (without the I) Kevn uh be-th (the be is said as the be in "bet" would be said and the th is said like you would say th in "the")
 
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I believe that Ijmuiden, the ferry port is pronounced much like Eyemouth in the Borders, and means the same.
 
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hexagon789 said:
How are you supposed to say Laugharne in Carmarthenshire?
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Not about pronunciation; but Laugharne -- much-loved dwelling-place for a while, of Dylan Thomas -- is thought to have been the inspiration for the setting of his Under Milk Wood: the village of Llareggub (mildly bawdy backwards-spelling).
 
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Calthrop said:
Not about pronunciation; but Laugharne -- much-loved dwelling-place for a while, of Dylan Thomas -- is thought to have been the inspiration for the setting of his Under Milk Wood: the village of Llareggub (mildly bawdy backwards-spelling).
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Ha ha :lol: That's quite good - Llareggub
 
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Quite a lot of Scottish and Welsh place names get my tongue in a twist the first few times I try to say them ( as for taking them down when I've only heard them ...) I do manage a reasonable version for most of the ones I have a lot of contact with (Llandudno, Pwhelli, Llanelli, Ffestiniog Stations I know well !).
The East Anglian habit of ignoring all but the first and last syllables takes a bit of getting used to, as well.
Northumbrian and Lake District are both areas with trips for the unwary ...

However, one that still grates on my ear is the Tyne Valley announcements including Prudhoe. It is Prud-u (second u a long one, not hoe !)
 
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