British Post Office

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postal administration state-owned enterprise

The British Post Office was the United Kingdom’s former state-run postal and telecommunications service, responsible for mail delivery, post offices, and early telegraph and telephone systems.

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Observed surface forms (10)

Surface form	Occurrences
Post Office	5
General Post Office	4
Post Office Telecommunications	4
Royal Mail	2
General Post Office telecommunications division	1
Post Office (as a government department)	1
Post Office (payment of pensions)	1
Post Office Counters	1
Post Office Limited	1
Post Office branch network	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	postal administration ⓘ state-owned enterprise ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
employed	postal workers in the United Kingdom ⓘ postmasters and postmistresses in the United Kingdom ⓘ telecommunications engineers in the United Kingdom ⓘ
headquartersLocation	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
industry	postal service ⓘ telecommunications ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
legalForm	public corporation ⓘ
monopolyOn	letter post in the United Kingdom ⓘ
operated	network of post offices in the United Kingdom ⓘ postal delivery service in the United Kingdom ⓘ telegraph services in the United Kingdom ⓘ telephone services in the United Kingdom ⓘ
operatedService	Girobank ⓘ data communications services ⓘ postal orders ⓘ public telephone boxes ⓘ savings services through the Post Office Savings Bank ⓘ telegraph money orders ⓘ telex services ⓘ
operatedUnderBrand	British Post Office self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Post Office
ownedBy	UK government ⓘ surface form: Government of the United Kingdom
parentOrganization	Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications (historically) ⓘ
precededBy	General Post Office, Dublin ⓘ surface form: General Post Office
providedInfrastructure	microwave and trunk telephone networks in the United Kingdom ⓘ submarine telegraph cables (United Kingdom interests) ⓘ telegraph network in the United Kingdom ⓘ telephone exchanges in the United Kingdom ⓘ
regulatedBy	Acts of Parliament ⓘ surface form: Acts of Parliament of the United Kingdom
regulates	postal services in the United Kingdom ⓘ
responsibleFor	maintenance of the national postal network in the United Kingdom ⓘ maintenance of the national telephone network in the United Kingdom ⓘ national postal policy implementation in the United Kingdom ⓘ
sector	public sector ⓘ
serviceArea	Crown dependencies (to varying extents) ⓘ England ⓘ Northern Ireland ⓘ Scotland ⓘ Wales ⓘ
subsidiary	British Post Office self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Post Office Counters British Post Office self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Post Office Telecommunications
successor	BT Group ⓘ surface form: British Telecom Parcel Force (as part of Royal Mail Group) ⓘ British Post Office self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Post Office Limited Parcel Force (as part of Royal Mail Group) ⓘ surface form: Royal Mail
usedCurrency	Pound sterling ⓘ surface form: pound sterling

Referenced by (22)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

NP (Newport postcode area) → administeredBy → British Post Office ⓘ

subject surface form: NP postcode area

this entity surface form: Royal Mail

Old Age Pensions Act 1908 → administrationBy → British Post Office ⓘ

this entity surface form: Post Office (payment of pensions)

Anthony Trollope → employer → British Post Office ⓘ

BT Group → formerName → British Post Office ⓘ

this entity surface form: Post Office Telecommunications

St Paul’s Underground station → formerName → British Post Office ⓘ

this entity surface form: Post Office

Faraday Building → formerOperator → British Post Office ⓘ

this entity surface form: General Post Office

Faraday Building → formerOperator → British Post Office ⓘ

this entity surface form: Post Office Telecommunications

Faraday Building → formerOwner → British Post Office ⓘ

this entity surface form: General Post Office

Faraday Building → formerOwner → British Post Office ⓘ

this entity surface form: Post Office Telecommunications

BT Group → foundedBy → British Post Office ⓘ

this entity surface form: General Post Office

Girobank → foundedBy → British Post Office ⓘ

this entity surface form: Post Office

Girobank → operatedBy → British Post Office ⓘ

this entity surface form: Post Office

British Post Office → operatedUnderBrand → British Post Office self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Post Office

Girobank → ownedBy → British Post Office ⓘ

this entity surface form: Post Office

KT → postalAuthority → British Post Office ⓘ

subject surface form: KT postcode area

this entity surface form: Royal Mail

BT Group → precededBy → British Post Office ⓘ

this entity surface form: General Post Office telecommunications division

Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications (historically) → replacedFunctionOf → British Post Office ⓘ

subject surface form: Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications (United Kingdom)

this entity surface form: Post Office (as a government department)

British Post Office → subsidiary → British Post Office self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Post Office Telecommunications

British Post Office → subsidiary → British Post Office self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Post Office Counters

British Post Office → successor → British Post Office self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Post Office Limited

Postmaster General of Great Britain → supervises → British Post Office ⓘ

this entity surface form: General Post Office

Girobank → usedInfrastructureOf → British Post Office ⓘ

this entity surface form: Post Office branch network