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Flying Coaches From London To Bath And Bristol In 1728
An advertisement lists stage coach services from the Saracen's Head in Friday Street and other London inns to Bath and Bristol, with pickups at Slough, the Strand, Charing Cross, and Bath. It notes Monday departures, a three day coach, house tenancy at the Strand, and a reward for a lost silver watch. Also details horse racing purses at Beccles with entry rules and a cockmating event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ondon
Bath
Bristol
Thomas Baldwin
Citizes and
Cooper
London
Crown Inn
Slough
Windsor
Bowling Green House
Friday Street
Oaz Feil Inn
New Charch
Maypole
Strand
John Tillies
Swan-yard
Semmerfer-house
John Howard
Chequer-Inn
Chequer-Court
Charing-Ceofs
York
Gilver
Poithouse
Cha
Grettos
Charles Parrer
Elys
Will. Moore
Tho
Rantail
Sarting-Post
Randal
Fiid