On Sun, 29 Apr 2007 03:38:22 +0100, bluebell wrote:

House names are for urban types who live in streets...

Don't you mean "House numbers are for urban types who live in streets..."?

( and my " street" doesn't even have a name , it goes by the land
registry title as " lane to the west of a lane going from ABC to XYZ

I don't think the road outside our house has a name either, it does have a
classification number Csomething or other that no one knows and isn't
signed anywhere. It's know locally as the Garrigill Road as that is where
it leads but again no name boards.

Sat Nav is useless in my area - even the ambulance gets lost. OS refs
works better.

Yep Sat Nav (if it can use full post code not just 5 or 6 charcters) will
get you close, about 1/2 a mile. And as we are right on the road that'll
probably do but the other 4 delivery points are off the road and up to a
mile apart, two are not visible from the road at all. The name of the
houses/farms relates to an area not just the buildings.

I am very isolated by most standards. My nearest neighbour is 20 mins
walk away.

Similar to here, the nearest as the crow flys neighbour is a longer walk
than the next nearest unless one makes like a crow...

Hence if some idiot allows houses in the village two and a half miles
away to have the same name , I scuppered. No one will look for me when
they are so near and so visible are they?

A very good point. Generally the posties are good because they know the
peoples names and addresses. I'd fully expect something posted in this
country addressed with simply surname and village name to get delivered
without any trouble. I do have a fairly unique surname though, might be
different with Bell or Walton in this area...

Sensible delivery drivers ask at the garage in town where we are, less
sensible we see zooming past down to the village then come back up 10
minutes later after asking in the sub post office. A few are regular
drivers for the area so "just know", like the Postie, where places are.

Having two or three places with the same name is just asking for trouble.
I don't know what the correct approach is but I'd start with the softly
softly one. Do a bit of research, find out when your place started to be
called what it is, what their places where at that time etc then go and
talk to the people at the other address's showing what you have found and
the problems having the same names is causing. No one minds the odd bit of
stray post but repeated wrong deliveries would become a PITA, so point
that out to them rather than just complaining about your problem.

If that fails it looks like it's on to the local council and looking up
what the legislation says. As it's under Public Health I suspect there
maybe some reference to "unique addressing" in there, your historical data
should help convince the council your right (or not!) to the name.

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Cheers
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