On 30 Jun 2006 10:20:50 -0700 you wrote:

And, from the London Borough of Haringey:

http://www.haringey.gov.uk/index/env...umb ering.htm

In particular "No use of punctuation except for the abreviation of St,
Saint." I find this ironic because St for Saint does not need a period
because it contains the final letter.

These would appear to be for new addresses only. There are plenty of
long-established street names in the borough which aren't compliant
with these standards (such as 'The Chine' which breaks the stern
admonition not to start street names with 'The').

Martin