SPRINGTHORPE POST OFFICE
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From 1892 a wall box was provided with mail being collected at 3.50pm.
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By 1896 Nehemiah Pike Subpostmaster and Joiner.
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By 1901 Charles Lidgett,
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By 1905 Miss Alice Minnitt
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By 1909 Charles Stephenson.
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In 1910 the site of the Post Office was on the North Side of Hill Road
in the second door from the West end, now No. 9.
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By 1911 Mrs Sarah Baxter was appointed and she was the last Subpostmistress.
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Shortly after that date a post box was mounted on a post at the first bend
in the road from Heapham to Springthorpe
Rural Postal Services -- a case
study in our area by The Post Office |
