A guide to stage coaches : diligences, waggons, carts, coasting vessels, barges, and boats, which carry passengers and merchandise from London to the different towns in Great Britain. Describing the Number of Miles to each Town, with the Fares to be paid, and the Days and Hours when the Carriages set out from the Inns, &c. in and near London. With an Account of the several Wharfs, Keys, and Stairs, where Goods and Passengers, are usually received, and conveyed in Vessels, Barges, or Boats, to the different Parts of the Kingdom. Also, the Rates paid to Carmen for the Carriage of Goods, together with their Orders and Ordinances, as settled by the Lord Mayor, &c. at a General Quarter Sessions of the Peace held at the Guildhall, London. The Whole useful to Gentlemen, and designed as an Assistant to Warehousemen and Shopkeepers, who send Bales of Parcels into the Country. To this edition are now added, the rates of hackney-coachmen, chairman, and watermen.

Format:

Book

Series:

Eighteenth century collections online. Part 1.

Standardized Title:

Town and country directory.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

London (England)--Commerce.

London (England).

Genre:

Directories.

Physical Description:

2 unnumbered pages,122 pages, 2 unnumbered pages ; 8⁰

Place of Publication:

London : printed for T. Lowndes, No 77, in Fleet Street, 1780.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Notes:

With a final advertisement leaf.

Previous edition entitled 'The London directory; or, an account of the stage coaches and carriers, .. '.

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T131678.

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.