The Norwich Directory; or, Gentlemen and Tradesmen's Assistant [1783]Chase, William, active 1781-1788
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The Norwich Directory; or, Gentlemen and Tradesmen's Assistant [1783]
Chase, William, active 1781-1788
Norwich (England) -- Directories; Norwich (England) -- History
The POST COACH, from the Angel in the Market-place, Norwich,
By DISS, BURY, SUDBURY, and CHELMSFORD.
Comes down every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, and goes up every Tuesday,
Thursday and Saturday. Insides 15s. Outside 10s. 6d.
A MACHINE COACH, in one Day, from the Angel,
By way of NEEDHAM, COBDOCK, COLCHESTER and CHELMSFORD.
Sets out from Norwich every Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday evenings at
ten, and from London every Monday, Wednesday and Friday evenings, at the
same hour. Insides 15s. Outsides 10s. 6d.
The PARTIE CARREE,
BY BURY and SUDBURY, carries four insides only, at 18s. each.
From the Angel, in Norwich, every Sunday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings,
and from London every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday mornings precisely
at four o’clock, and gets in about 8 in the evening. During the winter
season it travels in a Day and Half, setting out from Norwich every
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, at one o’clock in the afternoon rests at
Bury, and proceeds the next morning for London. From London this coach
sets out the same days at eight in the morning, rests at Bury, and
finishes its journey the next day before dinner.
The DILIGENCE and New POST-COACH.
From the King’s Head in the Market-place, in and out every day
(alternately) to the White Horse in Fetter-lane, London, sets out at each
precisely at ten o’clock. The Diligence carries three passengers only,
the Post-Coach four, at 1l. 1s. each, allowed 14lb. luggage, and three
halfpence per lb. for parcels by weight. A guard attends the carriages
in and out of London.
The NORWICH MERCURY.
From the Swan in St. Peter’s Mancroft, sets out on Sunday, Tuesday and
Thursday nights at six o’clock, to the Plough Inn, Princes-street, Soho,
London, by way of Bury and Sudbury, and gets into London in time for the
Bath coach; returns from thence every Monday, Wednesday and Friday
evening at nine o’clock; carries five insides only, at 1l. 1s. each,
allowed 12lb. luggage, all above three halfpence per lb.
LYNN and NORWICH DILIGENCE.
In Eight Hours, by way of Swaffham and Dereham.
Sets out from the White Lion in Lynn, both summer and winter, every
Monday, Wednesday and Friday morning at eight o’clock, to the White Swan
in St. Peter’s Mancroft, Norwich, and arrives in time for the Yarmouth
coach of that day, during the summer season; returns from the Swan every
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday morning at the same hour. It carries
three inside passengers at 12s. each, and 14lb. luggage allowed; outsides
half price. Short passengers at 3d. halfpenny per mile.
The LYNN DILIGENCE.
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