On 03/07/2012 18:52, polygonum wrote:
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I thought it would be a good idea instead of using serially allocated
numbers as at present, to use a number approximating to however many
metres (or yards) along the road the property is...

I had that on a house in France. It confused just about everybody to see
No 88 next to No 53 on a street with five houses on it.

Colin Bignell