On this day in 1856 the postal districts of London were created to speed up the delivery of letters with the General Post Office (GPO) under Sir Rowland Hill producing these districts. 

Since then a lot of London has grown beyond these boundaries and had some additional post codes added on to it. Also new technology and practices like on-line shopping and e-mail correspondence have clearly made an impact on the movement of our letters and parcels. Plus is has many misnomers that need ironing out. For example, l live in the City of Westminster yet l have a Camden Town post code! 

So maybe it is time to revise London’s post codes all together?