History of a street · 1180 Uccle

Rue du Postillon

In Dutch: Postiljonstraat

Rue du Postillon, in Uccle, has 28 buildings on the Atlas map, for 30 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1914 to 1944, with 43% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. 14% appear before 1914.

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When the street was built

  • before 14000
  • 1400 – 15990
  • 1600 – 16990
  • 1700 – 17990
  • 1800 – 18490
  • 1850 – 18790
  • 1880 – 19134
  • 1914 – 194412
  • 1945 – 19699
  • 1970 – 19893
  • 1990 – 20090
  • since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 19: 1923.

Today's buildings, grouped by the period when the Atlas map first shows building on their plot. Approximate reconstruction.

Where its name comes from

Kind of name
Descriptive name
Theme
Economic life
Named in
1912

Un postillon est la personne conduisant une voiture de poste. Rappelle la maison de la Trompe (Post hooren : cornet du postillon). (remark in French, as published)

Source: Odoniris, database of Brussels street names (EBxl), CC BY-SA 4.0.