The King's Post / Being a volume of historical facts relating to the posts, mail coaches, coach roads, and railway mail services of and connected with the ancient city of Bristol from 1580 to the present time

by Robert Charles Tombs

• Jamaica, Bristol Mail Service to, [45], [162]
• James I., King, [2]
• Johnston, C., Supt. of Mail Coaches, [67], [84]
• Joyce, Herbert, C.B., [54]

• Karstadt, G.F., [141]
• Kennet Hill, Coach Accident, [34]
• Kent, Luke, Mail Guard, [81]
• Kerans, Mr., P.M., Bath, [46]
• King, Address to the, [241]
• King of Syria's letter, [211]
• Knowle Turnpike, [111]

• "La France" Engine, [147]
• Lansdown, Mr. F.P., [171]
• Lavars, Messrs., Lithographers, [107]
• Lawrence, Sir Thos., [102]
• Lawford's Gate Turnpike, [116]
• Letter Woman, [29]
• Lewis Levy, Turnpike Contractor, [112]
• Lifeboats and Telegraph, [158]
• Lloyd's Bank, [101]
• London and Plymouth, Mail Coach Race, [63]
• Londonderry, Marquis of, [45], [46], [234], [235], [237]
• Longleat, Queen Elizabeth at, [17]
• Louis, Mr., [146]
• Luce, Thomas, Innkeeper, [103], [105]

• Maberley, Lt.-Col., [145]
• "Magnet," Weston Coach, [72]
• Maidenhead Turnpike Abolished, [118]
• Mail Coaches, [62]
• Mail Coaches Exempt from Toll, [111]
• Mail Coach, First, [27]
• Mail Coach Robbers Hanged, [123]
• Mail Coach System, [26]
• Manchester and Liverpool Railway, [140], [144]
• Marlborough Post, [31]
• May, Mr., [39]
• McAdam, Mr., Roads, [67], [68]
• Mercury, Light Motor Van, [92]
• Morley, Arnold, Address to, [232], [234]
• Motor Cars, [77]
• Motor Cycle Accident, [219]
• Motor Van, Avon, [93]
• Mount Pleasant P.O., London, [74]
• Moysey, A., [40]
• Muniment Room, P.O., [169]
• Musical Coachman, [90]

• Nash, Bill, Mail Robber, [131]
• Nevill, Mail Guard, Frozen to Death, [86]
• New Buildings, [13]
• Newick, R.C., [130]
• New London Inn, Exeter, [62]
• New Passage, Ice Shoals, [85]
• New Royal Mail Coach, [104]
• Niblett, Isaac, [106]
• Niblett, Isaac, Innkeeper, Coach Proprietor, [104], [105]
• Nobbs, M.J., Mail Guard, [73]
• Norwich—London Coach, [89]

• Old Passage, [63], [64]
• Osborne, John, and Jere, Messrs., [114]
• Oxford Mail, [67]

• Packer, the foot post, [2]
• Pack Horse, Packmen, [21]
• Palace, Bishop's, [204]
• Palmer, Col., [49]
• Palmer, Death of, [44]
• Palmer, John, Coach system, [27]
• Palmer, John, honoured, [46], [47]
• Palmer's Mail Coach system:—
  • Attacked, [36], [38]
  • Enlarged, [32]
  • Extended, [41]
  • Pitt's approbation, [40]
  • Success, [42]
  • Thanks—Memorials, [39]
  • Troubles, [33]
  • Vindicated, [37], [38]
• Passengers Coach, Protection of, [34]
• Paul, J., Mail Coachman, killed, [86]
• Penny Posts, [153]
• Pickwick, Moses, Coaching Notice, [132]
• Pike, E.W., Mr., [237], [238]
• "Pike" Keepers, [112]
• Pine, Henry, Postmaster, [9]
• Pitt, Rt. Hon. W., [39], [40]
• "Plume of Feathers," Wine Street, [69]
• Plymouth Coach, [71], [72]
• "Port Antonio," R.M.S., [161]
• Porter, George, Innkeeper, [103]
• "Port Kingston," R.M.S., [162]
• "Port Royal," R.M.S., [162]
• Portsmouth Coach overturned, [82]
• Portsmouth Coaches, [84], [85]
• Portsmouth, Crown Inn, [79]
• Portsmouth Mail, [73], [79], [81]
• Portsmouth Railway, projected, [75], [76]
• Postages, [21]
• Postage Stamps, King Edward Issue, [238]
• Post Boys, [23]
• Postboy robbed, [80]
• Post Bridge Turnpike, [81]
• Posts, Cross, [24]
• Post, Express, [26]
• Post, Extraordinary, [19], [20]
• Post House, [22]
• Post House, The Bristol, [8], [9]
• Post, King's Special, [4]
• Postman's Knock, [228]
• Postmaster-General, Deputation to, [75], [77]
• Postmaster-General, Lord Stanley of Alderley, [10]
• Postmaster Henry Pine, [9]
  • of Bristol, Speech, [210]-[213]
• Post Office Buildings, [14], [15]
  • All Saints' Lane, [9], [10]
  • Bristol, [10], [11]
• Post, Queen Elizabeth's, [17]
  • Running, [3]
  • The Foot, [1]-[2]
  • Thorough, [2]
• Pratt, J.J., [40]
• Prideaux, Master of Posts, [3]
• Primitive Post Office, [151]
• Prince and Princess of Wales, [160], [162]
• Prudent Man's Fund Receipt Note, [231]

• Quaint Addresses, [223], [224]

• Randolph, Master of Posts, [18]
• Ralph Allen, Cross Posts, [21]
• Redland Post Office, [170]
• Red Rover Coach, [105]
• Regent Coach, [68]
• Registered Letters Stolen, [133]
• Rennison, Sarah, Stokes Croft Baths, [113]
• Roads, [21], [23]
• Robertson, George, Painter, [51]
• Rocket, Holyhead Coach, [68]
• Romans, The, [67]
• Rose Inn, Birmingham, [66]
• Royal Livery, Coachman and Guard wear, [35]
• Rummer Tavern, Bristol, [31]
• Running Post, [3]

• Salisbury Mail, Late, [38]
  • Postboy Robbed, [80]
• Saltford Turnpike, [115]
• Savage, the foot post, [1]
• Severn, Ice Shoals, [85]
• Shamrock, London Coach, [69]
• "Ship Letters", [153], [167], [168]
• Shuter, Chris., Councillor, [187]
• Small Street, Bristol, [9], [10], [11], [12], [13], [15], [102], [175], [176], [177], [189], [194]
• Southampton Coach, [65], [67]
  • Coach and Horses Inn, [66]
• Sovereign Coach, [72]
• Sports, P.O., [218]
• Sproule, Verger, [93]
• St. Albans, Duchess of, [96]
• St. Giles' Gate, [175]
• St. Leonard's Lane, [15], [193]
• St. Martin's-le-Grand, [37]
• St. Michael's Hill Turnpike, [117]
• St. Werburgh, Parish of, [11], [15], [193]
• Stage Coaches, [22], [24], [25]
• Stanley, Lord, [Frontispiece]
  • in Africa, [173]
  • of Alderley, [10]
• Statistics—Bristol P.O., [163]
• Stealing Letters, Capital Offence, [121]
• Stokes Croft Turnpike, [114]
• Stop Gate, Horfield, [117]
• Streamer, Richard, 1680, [178]
• Stretch, Matthew, Bush Inn, [98]
• Swan Inn, [31], [66]
• Swan with Two Necks Inn, London, [31]
• Symons, Thomas, [42]