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A History of the County of Gloucester
… were also important commercial centres and places where wagons and coaches were boarded for London and elsewhere. 62 …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… and landed at the quay, and 'wheelage' charged on laden wagons and packhorses entering the city. 16 In addition there …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Rodborough firm of Tanner and Baylis, which began fast fly-wagons to the capital. 60 In 1819 the firm also absorbed a …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… in lower Northgate Street, stocked coal for collection by wagons from the Cotswolds. 22 It was the city's role as a … 1773 85 and a Coventry coach was established in 1791. 86 Wagons to London, taking four days on the journey, were being … in 1787 by his book keeper Rowland Heane 89 who sent wagons to London twice a week in 1791 and also ran a weekly …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… engineering works, and manufactures ranging from railway wagons to matches were among its industries. The livestock … The last factor led in turn to a shortage of railway wagons at Gloucester and to the diversion by 1865 of barley …