Irish Post Offices & Postmarks

Aghadowey.

Aghadowey Earliest known date - 15 DEC 1888 Latest known date - Unknown Postmark type - Circle, Single Ring Codes Known - C SR (mm)

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Aghadowey / Co.Londonderry Earliest known date - 7 JY 1953 Latest known date - Postmark type - Circle, Code at top, Short Thick Arcs. Codes Known - B DR

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Aghadowey / Coleraine / Co.Derry Earliest known date - 31 JA 1961 Latest known date - 30 AP 1966 Postmark type - Circular, Single Letter code at top, Short thin Arcs. Codes Known - B

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Aghadowey R.S.O. Co L'Derry Earliest known date - 12 FE 1907 Latest known date - Postmark type - Single Circle, date code at top. Codes Known -PM/1

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Aghadowey Coleraine Co.Derry Earliest known date - 27 OC 1992 Latest known date - Postmark type - Single Circle, No date code at top. Codes Known - SR (23mm)

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Aghadowey / Ballymoney Earliest known date - Unknown Latest known date - 12 Mar 1851 Postmark type - Straight Line Receiving House Mark. Copy of mark from A W Graham collction recorded in use on 12 MAR 1851 struck in blue-black. The image size is 8x26mm but as this was copied it may not be a true size.

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Aghadowey R.H. Earliest known date - Unknown Latest known date - Unknown Postmark type - Straight Line Receiving House Mark. Reproduction of No.343, Straight Line with R.H. below, Unframed. Period of usage is estimated between 1842-1855 struck in black or blue.

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Aghadowey / Ballymoney Old Post Office at OS C.880.216 showing 1 Mullaghinch Road, on 12 May 1994.

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Aghadowey Co. Derry Post Office at 53 Ardveagh Rd on 12 May 1994.   Photo By A W Graham.

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In 2009 the Post Office was located at

• JMK Post Office, 20 Moneybrannon Road, Coleraine BT51 4AJ

• Phone: 028 7086 8926

The village of Aghadowey is about 5-6 miles from Coleraine - I bet I get challenged over village status v town!

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History:-

Open :- 1st Entry in 1836 as Dec 1835 records address at 53 Ardrea Road.
POC 1 Sept 1881 Promoted to RSO. MO/SB Jul 1872-Dec 1874, Tg Jul 1879-Jun 1880
30 Jan 1833 - 29 Jun 1994,Various, in 1994 was located at 53 Ardrea Road, Aghadowey, BT51 4DN, gearing up to close in Jun 1994.
POA 17 Nov 1832, No756, Proposed Experimental Penny Post to be Established.
OS.C.880.216, PRONI Ref OS 6/5/11/3, Derry Sheet 11 Revised 1904 correlates with the 1859 maps and shows the Post Office on the same location at No.1 Mullaghinch Rd.

(Thoms) 1845: vacant
(Thoms) 1846-58 : Robert Hall
PM at Mullaghinch Rd, 1st 1913-1950, Miss(es) Selfridge
1952-1974 Miss McFetridge
1975-29 Jun 1994, S.J.Lowry, Lowry's Foodstore
Mon 11 Nov 1996, reopened at 20 Moneybrannon Rd, BT51 4AJ. 9-2 M-F Tel 01265 868926

 

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