QUICKSILVER
Written by R.C. Anderson, J.M. Anderson
Published by David & Charles
in 1973
ISBN: 0715360833
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- COACHING
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
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Front cover
Contents
- Introduction
- 1 Prelude
- 2 The Founding of a Legend
- 3 The Driving Force
- 4 Stage Coaches in the Golden Age
- 5 The Development of the Roads
- 6 The Royal Mail
- 7 Inns, Innkeepers and Coach Proprietors
- 8 Development of the Mail Coach System
- 9 Passengers, Highwaymen and Accidents
- 10 The End of the Road
- Appendices
- A Chronological Summary of Developments in Coaching
- B Some Former Coaching Inns Still in Existence and Hotels or Inns
- C Glossary of Coaching Terms
- D Mail Coaches Departing from London Nightly in 1836
- E Mail and Stage Coaches Serving Liverpool in 1836
- F Mail and Stage Coaches Serving Exeter in 1836
- G Mail and Stage Coaches Serving Newcastle Upon Tyne in 1836
- H Mail and Stages Coaches Serving Norwich in 1836
- Bibliography
- Acknoweldgements
- Index