I am currently looking at telephone number exchange mapping and wonder
whether anyone may know anything about BT exchanges with MDFIDs ES21C,
ES21CX, LN21C, LN21CY, LWXEK, SWCLOUD, SWPLAYD, SWSKY and THASW?  For
example,  name? location?  coverage?

Many thanks.

On 4 Sep, 12:12, "Chris Dent"  wrote:
> I am currently looking at telephone number exchange mapping and wonder
> whether anyone may know anything about BT exchanges with MDFIDs ES21C,
> ES21CX, LN21C, LN21CY, LWXEK, SWCLOUD, SWPLAYD, SWSKY and THASW?  For
> example,  name? location?  coverage?
>
> Many thanks.

Take a look here for exchange list :

http://www.thinkbroadband.com/exchange/index.html

Thanks

> I am currently looking at telephone number exchange mapping and wonder
> whether anyone may know anything about BT exchanges with MDFIDs ES21C,
> ES21CX, LN21C, LN21CY, LWXEK, SWCLOUD, SWPLAYD, SWSKY and THASW?  For
> example,  name? location?  coverage?

samknows.com ?

On Thu, 4 Sep 2008 18:56:46 +0100, Colin Wilson
 wrote:

>> I am currently looking at telephone number exchange mapping and wonder
>> whether anyone may know anything about BT exchanges with MDFIDs ES21C,
>> ES21CX, LN21C, LN21CY, LWXEK, SWCLOUD, SWPLAYD, SWSKY and THASW?  For
>> example,  name? location?  coverage?
>
>samknows.com ?


Sam knows everything :-)

systemtek wrote:
> On 4 Sep, 12:12, "Chris Dent"  wrote:
> 
>>I am currently looking at telephone number exchange mapping and wonder
>>whether anyone may know anything about BT exchanges with MDFIDs ES21C,
>>ES21CX, LN21C, LN21CY, LWXEK, SWCLOUD, SWPLAYD, SWSKY and THASW?  For
>>example,  name? location?  coverage?
>>
>>Many thanks.
> 
> 
> Take a look here for exchange list :
> 
> http://www.thinkbroadband.com/exchange/index.html
> 
> Thanks

Just browsing a bit of the link, looks like teh first 2 letters are the 
area i.e. LN=London SW=South West  EA=East Anglia
Then the rest of the letters are similar to teh town name

Mike

"m"  wrote in message 
news:48C3C305.8050504@tiscali.co.uk...
>
>
> systemtek wrote:
>> On 4 Sep, 12:12, "Chris Dent"  wrote:
>>
>>>I am currently looking at telephone number exchange mapping and wonder
>>>whether anyone may know anything about BT exchanges with MDFIDs ES21C,
>>>ES21CX, LN21C, LN21CY, LWXEK, SWCLOUD, SWPLAYD, SWSKY and THASW?  For
>>>example,  name? location?  coverage?
>>>
>>>Many thanks.
>>
>>
>> Take a look here for exchange list :
>>
>> http://www.thinkbroadband.com/exchange/index.html
>>
>> Thanks
>
> Just browsing a bit of the link, looks like teh first 2 letters are the 
> area i.e. LN=London SW=South West  EA=East Anglia
> Then the rest of the letters are similar to teh town name
>
> Mike

SW is South Wales
West of England is WW
I used to work for BT many moons ago and can recognise the old superseded BT 
"District" names in the exchange codes, from the days when BT was regionally 
managed.
e.g. SS = Severnside (Bristol/Glos), WW = Westward (Devon & Cornwall), etc.
In those days, you'd ring your local office if you wanted something - and 
were answered by someone who knew your area well.
Then they went national, closed down their district offices and did away 
with a local presence and an accountable local management structure.
The result is the anonymous conglomerate that exists today.
;-(

George

Thanks to all that have contributed to this thread so far:

> -----Original Message-----
> From: George Weston [mailto:geoweston@NOSPAMgooglemail.com]
> 
> SW is South Wales
> West of England is WW
> I used to work for BT many moons ago and can recognise the old 
> superseded BT "District" names in the exchange codes, from the days 
> when BT was regionally managed.
> e.g. SS = Severnside (Bristol/Glos), WW = Westward (Devon & Cornwall),

> etc.

Thanks George, I think you have it.  Please correct my guesses where
applicable:

London
CL City of London (includes some exchanges south of the river e.g.
Bermondsey) LN London North LS London South LW London West WE West End
WR Westminster

Midlands
CM Central Midlands
EM East Midlands
WM West Midlands

North East
MY Mid? Yorkshire (all of Yorks except South) NE North East SL
Sheffield?  (Derbys, Lincs and South Yorks)

North West
LC Lancashire
LV Liverpool
MR Manchester

Northern Home Counties
EA East Anglia
SM South Midlands?  (Beds, Bucks, Herts, Northants, Oxon, Warwicks TH
Thames Valley

Northern Ireland
NI Northern Ireland

Scotland
ES East Scotland
NS North Scotland
WS West Scotland

Southern Home Counties (Downs areas also cover Kent) ND North Downs SD
South Downs (Portsmouth and East) ST South (Southampton, Bournemouth,
etc.)

Wales and West
SS SEVERNSIDE (previous guess: Somerset) SW South Wales WN North Wales
WW WESTWARD (previous guess: West Country)

Chris

In case anybody is still interested, in fact I got the answer to my
district question elsewhere.  The exchange codes start with a 2-char
code representing BT districts (October 1985):

Central Midlands	CM
East Midlands	EM
North and West Midlands	WM
Lancs and Cumbria	LC
Liverpool	LV
Manchester	MR
Mid-Yorkshire	MY
North East	NE
Sheffield and Lincoln	SL
Anglian Coastal	AC
South Midlands and Chilterns	SM
Thameswey	TH
Northern Ireland	NI
East of Scotland	ES
North of Scotland	NS
West of Scotland	WS
North Downs and Weald	ND
Solent	ST
South Downs	SD
North Wales and the Marches	WN
Severnside	SS
South Wales	SW
Westward	WW
Mid-Anglia	MA
	
London Centre	CT
London City	CY
London East	EA
London North	NO
London North West	NW
London North Central	NC
London South Central	SC
London South	SO
Lodon South West	WI
Lodon South East	SE
London West	WE

In 1987 London was simplified to:
CL	City of London
LN	Northern
LS	Southern
WE	West End (previous label, London West)
LW	Western
WR	Westminster

Additionally, it *seems* AC and MA jointly became the recycled EA (label
probably now East Anglia).

Thaks once again to all who took an interest.
Chris



> -----Original Message-----
> From: George Weston [mailto:geoweston@NOSPAMgooglemail.com] 
> Posted At: 07 September 2008 13:24
> Posted To: uk.telecom.broadband
> Conversation: BT Exchanges
> Subject: Re: BT Exchanges
> 
> 
> 
> "m"  wrote in message 
> news:48C3C305.8050504@tiscali.co.uk...
> >
> >
> > systemtek wrote:
> >> On 4 Sep, 12:12, "Chris Dent" 
>  wrote:
> >>
> >>>I am currently looking at telephone number exchange mapping and 
> >>>wonder whether anyone may know anything about BT exchanges with 
> >>>MDFIDs ES21C, ES21CX, LN21C, LN21CY, LWXEK, SWCLOUD, 
> SWPLAYD, SWSKY 
> >>>and THASW?  For example,  name? location?  coverage?
> >>>
> >>>Many thanks.
> >>
> >>
> >> Take a look here for exchange list :
> >>
> >> http://www.thinkbroadband.com/exchange/index.html
> >>
> >> Thanks
> >
> > Just browsing a bit of the link, looks like teh first 2 letters are 
> > the area i.e. LN=London SW=South West  EA=East Anglia Then 
> the rest of 
> > the letters are similar to teh town name
> >
> > Mike
> 
> SW is South Wales
> West of England is WW
> I used to work for BT many moons ago and can recognise the 
> old superseded BT "District" names in the exchange codes, 
> from the days when BT was regionally managed.
> e.g. SS = Severnside (Bristol/Glos), WW = Westward (Devon & 
> Cornwall), etc.
> In those days, you'd ring your local office if you wanted 
> something - and were answered by someone who knew your area well.
> Then they went national, closed down their district offices 
> and did away with a local presence and an accountable local 
> management structure.
> The result is the anonymous conglomerate that exists today.
> ;-(
> 
> George 
> 
>