Historic Post Boxes in Jersey
Table A – post boxes formally designated as a Listed building
Jersey Post ref
Post Box no.9
Historic Environment ref
HE1926
Address
Queens Road
Parish
St. Helier
Post Box no.12
HE1931
Le Mont Pinel
St. Helier
Post Box no.15
Included with SA0236
St. Saviour's Hill
St. Saviour
Post Box no.17
MN0326
La Rue D'Aval
St. Martin
Post Box no.18
HE1928
La Pouquelaye
St. Helier
Post Box no.20
MN0327
La Rue de Fliquet
St. Martin
Post Box no.35
Included with MY0125
La Route de Ste Marie
St. Mary
Post Box no.45
Included with MY0001
La Rue Bechervais
St. Mary
Post Box no.47
Included with LA0026
La Route de St. Aubin
St. Lawrence
Post Box no.48
HE1929
St. Johns Road
St. Helier
Post Box no.53
HE1927
Le Mont Cochon
St. Helier
i
Description
Cast iron Victorian pillar box, 1879-83. Cast
by A. Handyside foundry in Derby. Known as
an 'anonymous' box as it has no Royal
cypher, and with unusually high aperture. In
position of one of the original Penfold boxes.
Cast iron Victorian wall box. Small C type (39
x 82cm) with Royal cipher VR. Crack at top.
Cast by Eagle foundry - one of only three
examples in Jersey. Set in roadside boundary
wall opposite Douro Terrace.
Set into the Parish Church boundary wall is a
rare example of a Victorian wall box 186171, cast by Smith & Hawkes - one of only
four examples in Jersey.
Cast iron Victorian wall box (25 x 77cm) with
Royal cipher VR. Cast by Smith & Hawkes
foundry - one of only four examples in
Jersey. Set in roadside boundary wall.
Cast iron Victorian wall box, 1881-85. Cast
by Allen foundry. Medium size B type (35 x
83cm) with high aperture and Royal cipher
VR, with three-ring crown. No door pull. Set
in roadside boundary wall.
Cast iron Victorian wall box (25.5 x 77cm)
with Royal cipher VR. Cast by Eagle foundry one of only three examples in Jersey. Set in
roadside boundary wall.
Set into the boundary wall of the Parish
Church churchyard is a small type Victorian
wall box introduced in 1861; a rare casting
by Eagle foundry - one of only three
examples in Jersey.
Set into the roadside wall of St. Matthews
Convent is a rare example of a Victorian wall
box, cast by Smith & Hawkes (1861-71) - one
of only four examples in Jersey - with cipher
at top.
Set into the roadside boundary wall of Le Bel
Royal & Maison Charles is a Victorian wall
box, cast by Allen foundry.
Cast iron Victorian wall box, 1882-85. Cast
by Allen foundry. Small size C type (20 x
25.5cm) with Royal cipher VR. Set in rubble
stone roadside boundary wall.
Cast iron Victorian wall box, 1886-91. Cast
by Allen foundry. Small size C type with low
aperture and Royal cipher VR. Set in
roadside boundary wall.
Historic Post Boxes in Jersey
Post Box no.54
Included with OU0082
La Grande Route de St Ouen
St. Ouen
Post Box no.58
OU0283
La Route de l'Etacq
St. Ouen
Post Box no.93
GR0268
La Route des Cotils
Grouville
Post Box no.104
BR0399
La Rue du Crocquet
St. Brelade
Post Box no.16
HE1923
Trinity Road
St. Helier
Post Box no.74
PE0282
Le Vieux Beaumont
St. Peter
Post Box no.76
GR0270
La Grande Route des Sablons
Grouville
Post Box no.95
Included with JN0078
Les Chenolles
St. John
Post Box no.129
CL0140
La Grande Route de St. Clement
St. Clement
ii
Set into the roadside wall of the s-e
outbuilding of Les Huriaux is a small 'C' type
Victorian wall box, cast by Allen foundry.
Cast iron Victorian wall box (small C type
26.5 x 71.5cm) with Royal cipher VR. Cast by
Allen foundry (later repairs). Set in roadside
boundary wall.
Cast iron Victorian wall box (35 x 84cm) with
Royal cipher VR, cast by Allen. Set in
roadside wall of house (Carlton House). A
sub post office was established in Grouville
in 1853. Its location changed several times;
this post box remains from the sub office's
premises here in the 1960s.
Cast iron Victorian wall box, 1881-85
(medium size B 35 x 84cm) - no door pull,
high aperture - with Royal cipher VR. Cast by
Allen foundry. Set in roadside boundary
wall.
Cast iron Edward VII wall box (35 x 84cm)
with elaborate Royal cipher EVIIR, cast by
Allen. The post box is in its original 1902
position (set into the wall of 39 Trinity Road)
– a sub post office established in Town Mills
that year. One of only eight Edward VII post
boxes in Jersey.
Cast iron Edward VII wall box (size B 34 x
80cm) with Royal cipher EVIIR, 1901-04 –
one of only eight examples in Jersey. Set
into stone roadside boundary wall.
Interesting streetscape value with adjacent
parish cannon, cast during reign of Edward
VI in 1551.
Cast iron Edward VII wall box, 1904-10.
Small C type with Royal cipher EVIIR and
later crown design. Cast by Allen foundry.
Set in roadside boundary wall between C19
farm and La Rocque Methodist Church.
A rare example of an Edward VII lamp box
set in the gable roadside wall of St Cyr.
Known as ‘Hovis’ design with ornate closed
cipher.
Cast iron Edward VII wall box (34 x 80cm)
with Royal cipher EVIIR - cast by Allen
foundry 1901-04. One of only eight Edward
VII post boxes in Jersey. Set in granite
boundary wall by entrance to FB Fields –
playing fields and sports pavilion donated in
1928 by Sir Jesse Boot, later Baron Trent of
Nottingham, and named for his Jersey-born
wife, Florence.
Historic Post Boxes in Jersey
Post Box no.7
Included with HE0723
Vauxhall Street
St. Helier
Post Box no.24
Included with CL0072
La Grande Route de St. Clement
St. Clement
Post Box no.26
Included with LA0197
La Grande Route de St. Laurent
St. Lawrence
Post Box no.29
Included with OU0203
La Ville de L'Eglise
St. Ouen
Post Box no.32
MY0156
La Rue des Buttes
St. Mary
Post Box no.34
Included with HE1341
Halkett Street
St. Helier
Post Box no.40
Included with PE0242
Le Vieux Beaumont
St. Peter
Post Box no.97
Included with BR0125
La Rue du Bocage
St. Brelade
Post Box no.99
Included with HE1422
Royal Square
St. Helier
Post Box no.111
CL0141
La Grande Route de St. Clement
St. Clement
Post Box no.114
Included with TR0004
La Rue de Brabant
Trinity
Post Box no.117
Included with OU0109
La Route de Vinchelez
St. Ouen
Post Box no.135
HE1930
La Route du Petit Clos
St. Helier
iii
Set into the corner of the stone roadside
boundary wall of 1 Vauxhall Street is an
early George V wall box with small cipher
and crown below the aperture. Cast by Allen
foundry.
Set in a pointed arch within the stone
boundary wall of the Parish Church
churchyard is an early George V wall box
with large cipher, cast by Allen foundry.
Set into the stone boundary wall of the
Parish Church is a George V wall box, cast by
Allen foundry.
Set into roadside face of east outbuilding of
Plaisance is a cast iron George V wall box
with large Royal cipher GR, cast by Allen
foundry.
Cast iron George V wall box (unusual large
size 51 x 199cm) with less common small
Royal cipher GR. Cast by Allen foundry. Set
in raised pier in roadside boundary wall. A
Receiver of Post was established in 1849 the location of a box in this vicinity since
1870s.
A large George V wall box (Post Box no.34)
with Royal cipher GR, cast by McDowall
Steven - one of only three examples on
Jersey. Possibly in its original position as
1937 date inside box, and set into the west
face of the 1930s Boots building.
Set on a stone roadside wall of Monte Bello
is a George V wall box (post 1930) cast by
Allen foundry.
Set into the roadside wall of Grey Gables is a
small George V wall box, 1910-1930 with
cipher at top, cast by Allen foundry.
On north wall of States Building, set in ashlar
stone facing Royal Square is a large George
V wall box cast by Allen foundry.
Cast iron George V lamp box with large
Royal cipher GR. Set in rubble granite
roadside wall.
Set into the roadside boundary wall of
Brabant Farm is a rare 1932 Derby
manufactured George V wall box – one of
only two examples in Jersey.
Set into the roadside gable of Vinchelez de
Haut Manor is a George V wall box with
large cipher, cast by Allen foundry.
Cast iron George V lamp box (20 x 51cm)
with large Royal cipher GR. Set in roadside
boundary wall.
Historic Post Boxes in Jersey
Post Box no.139
Included with HE1101
Havre des Pas
St. Helier
Post Box no.33
Included with HE1459
St. James Street
St. Helier
Post Box no.44
HE1925
La Colomberie
St. Helier
Post Box no.67
Included with MN0128
La Rue des Alleurs
St. Martin
Post Box no.82
JN0204
La Grande Route de St. Jean
St. John
Post Box no.90
GR0269
Gorey Village Main Road
Grouville
Post Box no.144
HE1924
The Parade
St. Helier
iv
Set in the rubble stone boundary wall of
Ommaroo Hotel is a George VI wall box cast
by Allen foundry.
Set into the stone boundary wall of St James
Church is an Elizabeth II wall box, cast by
Carron foundry.
Cast iron Elizabeth II thick pillar box with
Royal cipher EIIR. Cast by Carron foundry one of only two examples in Jersey. In this
location since 1962, and associated with the
sub post office of this area since 1888.
Set into the roadside boundary wall of
Highland is an Elizabeth II wall box with
cipher at base, cast by Allen foundry.
Cast iron Elizabeth II wall box (35 x 84cm)
with Royal cipher EiiR - cast by Allen
foundry. Set in wall of shop - a sub post
office for St John established at this site in
1879.
Cast iron pillar post box with Royal cipher
EiiR - known as 'Type K', cast by Carronade
foundry from 1979. The most modern
example of historic post boxes in Jersey.
Located in Gorey village, with evidence of a
Postmaster and sub office since 1839.
Cast iron Elizabeth II pillar box, with sign
holder on top and Royal cipher EIIR. Cast by
Carron foundry in 1980.