An Old Coachman's Chatter, with Some Practical Remarks on Driving

by Edward Corbett

[APPENDIX.]

G. P. O.

APPENDIX.

LIST OF MAIL COACHES WHICH WORKED OUT OF LONDON.

Bath, through	{	Hounslow,	}	From the
	{	Maidenhead,	}	"Spread Eagle,"
	{	Reading,	}	Gracechurch Street,
	{	Newbury,	}	and
	{	Hungerford,	}	"Swan with Two
	{	Marlborough,	}	Necks,"
	{	Devizes,	}	Lad Lane.
Birmingham, through	{	Aylesbury,	}	From the
	{	Bicester,	}	"King's Arms,"
	{	Banbury,	}	Holborn Bridge.
	{	Leamington,	}
	{	Warwick,	}
Brighton, through	{	Croydon,	}	From the
	{	Reigate,	}	"Blossoms Inn,"
	{	Crawley,	}	Lawrence Lane.
	{	Cuckfield,	}
Bristol, through	{	Hounslow,	}	From the
	{	Reading,	}	"Swan with Two
	{	Newbury,	}	Necks,"
	{	Marlborough,	}	Lad Lane.
	{	Calne,	}
	{	Chippenham,	}
	{	Bath,	}
Carlisle—See Glasgow.
Chester, through	{	Barnet,	}	From the
	{	St. Albans,	}	"Golden Cross,"
	{	Dunstable,	}	Charing Cross.
	{	Northampton,	}
	{	Hinckley,	}
	{	Atherstone,	}
	{	Lichfield,	}
	{	Stafford,	}
	{	Nantwich,	}
	{	Tarporley,	}
Devonport, through	{	Hounslow,	}	From the
	{	Bagshot,	}	"Swan with Two
	{	Basingstoke,	}	Necks,"
	{	Andover,	}	Lad Lane.
	{	Salisbury;	}
	{	Sherborne;	}
	{	Chard,	}
	{	Honiton,	}
	{	Exeter	}
Dover, through	{	Dartford,	}	From the
	{	Rochester,	}	"Swan with Two
	{	Sittingbourne,	}	Necks,"
	{	Faversham,	}	Lad Lane.
	{	Canterbury,	}
Edinburgh, through	{	Ware,	}	From the
	{	Buntingford,	}	"Bull and Mouth,"
	{	Royston,	}	St. Martin's-le-Grand.
	{	Caxton,	}
	{	Huntingdon,	}
	{	Grantham	}
	{	Newark	}
	{	Doncaster	}
	{	Ferry Bridge,	}
	{	York,	}
	{	Northallerton,	}
	{	Darlington,	}
	{	Durham,	}
	{	Newcastle,	}
	{	Alnwick,	}
	{	Berwick,	}
	{	Dunbar,	}
	{	Haddington,	}
Exeter, through	{	Basingstoke,	}	From the
	{	Andover,	}	"Bull and Mouth,"
	{	Salisbury,	}	St Martin's-le-Grand.
	{	Blandford,	}
	{	Dorchester,	}
	{	Bridport,	}
	{	Axminster,	}
	{	Honiton,	}
Glasgow, through	{	Barnet,	}	From the
	{	Hatfield,	}	"Bull and Mouth,"
	{	Baldock,	}	St Martin's-le-Grand.
	{	Biggleswade,	}
	{	Stilton,	}
	{	Stamford	}
	{	Grantham,	}
	{	Newark,	}
	{	Doncaster,	}
	{	Wetherby,	}
	{	Boroughbridge,	}
	{	Greta Bridge,	}
	{	Appleby,	}
	{	Carlisle,	}
Gloucester, through	{	Hounslow,	}	From the
	{	Maidenhead,	}	"Cross Keys,"
	{	Henley,	}	Wood Street,
	{	Nettlebed,	}	and
	{	Oxford	}	"Golden Cross,"
	{	Witney,	}	Charing Cross.
	{	Burford,	}
	{	Cheltenham,	}
Halifax, through	{	Barnet,	}	From the
	{	Woburn,	}	"Swan with Two
	{	Newport-Pagnel,	}	Necks,"
	{	Market Harborough,	}	Lad Lane,
	{	Nottingham,	}	and
	{	Sheffield,	}	"Bull and Mouth,"
	{	Huddersfield,	}	St. Martin's-le-Grand.
Hastings, through	{	Farnborough,	{	From the
	{	Tunbridge,	{	"Golden Cross,"
	{	Lamberhurst,	{	Charing Cross.
	{		}	and "Bolt in Tun,"
	{		}	Fleet Street.
Holyhead, through	{	Barnet,	}	From the
	{	St. Albans,	}	"Swan with Two
	{	Coventry,	}	Necks,
	{	Birmingham,	}	Lad Lane.
	{	Wolverhampton,	}
	{	Shrewsbury,	}
	{	Oswestry,	}
	{	North Wales,	}
Hull, through	{	Barnet,	}	From the
	{	Hertford,	}	"Spread Eagle,"
	{	Biggleswade,	}	Gracechurch Street,
	{	Stilton,	}	and
	{	Peterborough,	}	"Swan with Two
	{	Folkingham,	}	Necks,"
	{	Lincoln,	}	Lad Lane.
	{	Brigg,	}
	{	Across the Humber to	}
	{	Kingston-upon-Hull	}
Leeds, through	{	Barnet,	}	From the
	{	Bedford,	}	"Bull and Mouth,"
	{	Higham Ferrers,	}	St. Martin's-le-Grand.
	{	Kettering,	}
	{	Nottingham,	}
	{	Sheffield,	}
	{	Wakefield,	}
Liverpool, through	{	Barnet,	}	From the
	{	St. Albans,	}	"Swan with Two
	{	Coventry,	}	Necks,"
	{	Lichfield,	}	Lad Lane.
	{	Newcastle-u-Lyne,	}
	{	Knutsford,	}
	{	Warrington,	}
Louth, by Boston, through	{	Caxton,	}	From the
	{	Peterborough,	}	"Bell and Crown,"
	{	Deeping,	}	Holborn, and
	{	Spalding,	}	"Saracen's Head,"
	{	Spilsby,	}	Skinner Street.
Manchester, through	{	Barnet,	}	From the
	{	St. Albans,	}	"Swan with Two
	{	Dunstable,	}	Necks,"
	{	Northampton,	}	Lad Lane.
	{	Market Harborough,	}
	{	Leicester,	}
	{	Derby,	}
	{	Ashbourne,	}
	{	Congleton,	}
	{	Macclesfield,	}
Norwich, by Ipswich, through	{	Ilford,	}	From the
	{	Romford,	}	"Spread Eagle,"
	{	Brentwood,	}	Gracechurch Street.
	{	Chelmsford,	}
	{	Witham	}
	{	Colchester,	}
Norwich, by Newmarket, through	{	Epping,	}	From the
	{	Bury St. Edmunds,	}	"Belle Sauvage,"
	{	Thetford,	}	Ludgate Hill.
Portsmouth, through	{	Kingston,	}	From the
	{	Esher,	}	"White Horse,"
	{	Guildford,	}	Fetter Lane and
	{	Godalming,	}	"Bolt in Tun,"
	{	Petersfield,	}	Fleet Street.
Southampton and Poole, through	{	Hounslow,	}	From the
	{	Staines,	}	"Swan with Two
	{	Bagshot	}	Necks,"
	{	Alton,	}	Lad Lane, and
	{	Alresford	}	"Bell and Crown,"
	{	Winchester,	}	Holborn.
Stroud, through	{	Hounslow,	}	From the
	{	Henley,	}	"Cross Keys," Wood
	{	Abingdon,	}	Street, and the
	{	Faringdon,	}	"Swan with Two Necks,"
	{	Cirencester,	}	Lad Lane.
Wells (Norfolk), through	{	Lynn,	}	From the
	{	Ely,	}	"Swan with Two
	{	Cambridge,	}	Necks,"
	{	Royston,	}	Lad Lane.
	{	Ware,	}
Worcester, through	{	Uxbridge,	}	From the
	{	Beaconsfield,	}	"Bull and Mouth,"
	{	High Wycombe,	}	St. Martin's-le-Grand.
	{	Oxford,	}
	{	Woodstock,	}
	{	Chipping Norton,	}
	{	Moreton-in-Marsh,	}
	{	Evesham,	}
	{	Pershore,	}
Yarmouth, through	{	Romford,	}	From the
	{	Chelmsford,	}	"White Horse,"
	{	Witham,	}	Fetter Lane.
	{	Colchester,	}
	{	Ipswich,	}
	{	Saxmundham,	}
	{	Lowestoft,	}

So much for the main arteries, but the account would hardly be complete without showing how the more remote and out-of-the-way districts were provided for. I will, therefore, add the routes of a few mails which might be considered as prolongations of some of those already mentioned, but they were worked under fresh contracts and with fresh coaches.

South Wales was served by three—one from Bristol and two from Gloucester, as shown below:—

Bristol to Milford Haven, by	{	New Passage Ferry,
	{	Newport,
	{	Cardiff,
	{	Cowbridge,
	{	Neath,
	{	Caermarthen.
Gloucester to Milford Haven, by	{	Ross,
	{	Monmouth,
	{	Abergavenny,
	{	Brecon,
	{	Llandovery,
	{	Caermarthen,
	{	Haverfordwest.

Gloucester to Aberystwith, by Ross, Hereford, Kington, Rhayader, and Dyffryn Castle.