The History of Oswestry / Comprising the British, Saxon, Norman, and English eras; the topography of the borough; and its ecclesiastical and civic history; with notices of botany, geology, statistics, angling, and biography: to which are added sketches of the environs

by William Cathrall

THE POST OFFICE

Is situated in Willow-Street. Post-Mistress, Miss Sarah Babington, who has held her appointment since May, 1831. The Post Office was removed from Church-Street to Willow-Street, in October, 1839.

DISPATCH OF LETTERS, &c.

Lines of Road, and chief Places ofDestination.	Letters can bePosted				Letters &c. can be registereduntil
	Without extra charge, until		With one additional 1d. stamp, until
Shrewsbury, Birmingham, and London takingLetters for all parts of England, North and South Wales, Ireland,Scotland, and Foreign parts	P.	M.	P.	M.	P.	M.
	6	15	6	55	5	45
Llanymynech, Llanfyllin, Llanrhaiadr, &Rural Post	A.	M.	A.	M.	P.	M.
	5	45	7	0	10	0

DELIVERY.

Lines of Road, and chief Places from which Mails arereceived.	Delivery by Letter Carriers begins at		Delivery to callers begins at
London, Birmingham, and Shrewsbury, bringingLetters from all parts of England, North and South Wales,Ireland, and Foreign parts	A.	M.	A.	M.
	8	0	8	0
London, Crewe, Liverpool, Chester, Wrexham, &c.	P.	M.	P.	M.
	5	0	4	45
Llanfyllin and Rural Post	7	15	7	10

On Sundays there is only one Delivery by Letter Carriers (commencing at 8 a.m.), and Letters are delivered at the Window, from 8 until 10 a.m. only.

REGULATIONS.

Ordinary Business:—From the beginning of March to the end of October, this Office is, on Week-days, opened to the Public, for ordinary Business, at 7 a.m., and during the remaining months at half-past 7. It is always closed at 10 p.m. On Sunday the Office is open only from 8 till 10 a.m.; but the Letter Box remains open as on other days.

The inhabitants of Oswestry have now the privilege of receiving letters from London, both by the evening and morning mails. The new postal regulation, by which letters may be posted in London in the evening, after seven o’clock, and up to eight in the morning, is of great importance to tradesmen and others in Oswestry, as it enables them to reply to such letters on the evening on which they are delivered.