teenth century writer tells usthat in his time—1649—stage coaches ran from London to the principle towns in thecountry. It seems, however, certain thatthe year 1662 saw a great increase in thenumber of short stages—that is to say,coaches running between London and townstwenty, thirty, forty miles… … 57 Concern of England Explained, appearedin 1673, ^t informs us that the stagecoaches, to which John Cressel stronglyobjects : — Are kept by innkeepers ... or else . .by such persons as before the late Act for reducingthe number of hackney coaches in London \see page33] to 400, were owners of…
Horses · Carriages and carts
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