Town Post Office, Lyme Regis blue plaque

This blue commemorative plaque records: From 1799 to 1853 this building was the town post office. In those days this part of the street was called Horse Street. The wooden posting box still in its original place in the wall is one of the oldest in the country. Recorded plaque organisation: Lyme Regis Charter 700.

This building served as Lyme Regis's post office from 1799 to 1853, a crucial communication hub during the early development of Britain’s postal system; it houses one of the oldest surviving wooden posting boxes in the United Kingdom.