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Has anyone else noticed a slight oddity on Park Place in the city centre?On most streets, house / building numbers run evens on one side and odds on the other, but on Park Place the buildings are numbered consecutively. Very confusing!Can anyone explain why this is?

raveydavey wrote: Has anyone else noticed a slight oddity on Park Place in the city centre?On most streets, house / building numbers run evens on one side and odds on the other, but on Park Place the buildings are numbered consecutively. Very confusing!Can anyone explain why this is? Is it anything to do with the location of the street to the Town HAll?I say this because houses are "SUPPOSEDLY" numbered in relation of their position to th etown hall,for instance in south Leeds the houses start at the north end,closest to the town hall,from 1 and 2.Not sure how true this is but i know its the case in Liverpool

cnosni wrote: raveydavey wrote: Has anyone else noticed a slight oddity on Park Place in the city centre?On most streets, house / building numbers run evens on one side and odds on the other, but on Park Place the buildings are numbered consecutively. Very confusing!Can anyone explain why this is? Is it anything to do with the location of the street to the Town HAll?I say this because houses are "SUPPOSEDLY" numbered in relation of their position to th etown hall,for instance in south Leeds the houses start at the north end,closest to the town hall,from 1 and 2.Not sure how true this is but i know its the case in Liverpool Present convention is, as you move away from the centre of a town, the houses on the left of a road are oddly numbered ( numbered oddly - maybe, have odd numbers), those on the right, even numbers, a road running at rightangles would have even numbers on the side nearest to the town.

[Present convention is, as you move away from the centre of a town, the houses on the left of a road are oddly numbered ( numbered oddly - maybe, have odd numbers), those on the right, even numbers, a road running at rightangles would have even numbers on the side nearest to the town. Except Shipley does it the other way round, at least as far as the evens are on the left and the odds on the right. Can be confusing.And did you know that every street in Colne has a school?

Park Place is numbered as it is because it was originally a one sided street with a park, or at least a pleasant garden area to the south of it. Whilst the general conventions on numbering are as stated, it does not always follow, and varies locally. For example, Leeds is built up of a lot of former urban councils who dealt with their own addressing, and they were the centre of their own universe with numbers radiating from their centre. There are some issues where for example Leeds streets become Morley streets, Victoria Road has numbers from both the Morley end and the Leeds end so numbers are duplicated.

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Uno Hoo wrote: [Present convention is, as you move away from the centre of a town, the houses on the left of a road are oddly numbered ( numbered oddly - maybe, have odd numbers), those on the right, even numbers, a road running at rightangles would have even numbers on the side nearest to the town. Except Shipley does it the other way round, at least as far as the evens are on the left and the odds on the right. Can be confusing.And did you know that every street in Colne has a school? Easily explained Uno Hoo - they were working from a town in the opposite direction    

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cnosni wrote: ads wrote: Park Place is numbered as it is because it was originally a one sided street with a park, or at least a pleasant garden area to the south of it. Whilst the general conventions on numbering are as stated, it does not always follow, and varies locally. For example, Leeds is built up of a lot of former urban councils who dealt with their own addressing, and they were the centre of their own universe with numbers radiating from their centre. There are some issues where for example Leeds streets become Morley streets, Victoria Road has numbers from both the Morley end and the Leeds end so numbers are duplicated. Bloddy Hell ads you do this every timeI hope youre coming to Jonesy's little do Yes i know Chris, he's like the Morphy Richrads of the SL kitchen lol. He always pops up with the goods