Irish Post Offices & Postmarks

Annsborough,
Annsborough SO, Co.Down
Annsborough, Castlewellan Co.Down
Annsborough, Banbridge, Co.Down.

Annsborough / Banbridge Co.Down Earliest known date - 5 MR 1954 Latest known date - 29 DE 1960 Postmark type - Circle, Double Ring, Short Thin Arcs, Code at Top. Codes Known - A DR (mm)

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Annsborough S.O. / Co.Down Earliest known date - Latest known date - 2 AP 1918 Postmark type - Circular, time code at top. Codes Known - 12:30   SR 23mm

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Annsborough / Castlewellan Co.Down Earliest known date - 28 MY 1992 Latest known date - 5 SP 1993 Postmark type - Circular, Single letter code at top. Codes Known - A SR 24mm

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Annsborough PO, Sept 1993

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In 2009 the Post Office was located at
Annsborough Post Office
44 Ballylough Rd.
Castlewellan
County Down
BT31 9NN, Grid Ref J355.372. This office was also located on the 1900 OS maps.

Annsborough (Irish: Baile Anna) is a small village in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is situated on the A25 road between Downpatrick and Newry, approximately 0.8 kilometres to the east of Castlewellan and 17 kilometres to the south west of Downpatrick. It had a population of 593 people in the 2001 Census. It originally developed as a mill village in the valley of the Clarkhill and Ballybannon rivers. Most people look beyond the village to neighbouring Castlewellan for the majority of their local services. The village contains a Post Office and shop and a playing field.

History:
POA 23-6Jan 1885 No130, SO Established
MOO/SB - PO Circular 1 Dec 1886
Postmasters (Bassetts) 1886: J Brown

1960-75, R. Wilson
1976-90 D.Wilson

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