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Brighton Station is probably a reference to the London Terminus of that name rather than to the station at Brighton. London Bridge station was renamed Brighton Station [i] until a new station building was completed in 1864 [ii]

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BRIGHTON RAILWAY STATION, LONDON BRIDGE. by Albert Henry PAYNE, , (1812-1902)
An engraving produced in 1852 for Payne's "Illustrated London, or a Series of Views in the British Metropolis and its Vicinity" (London : 1846-1847),

References:
[i] https://sbpc.regencysociety.org/brighton-railway-station-london-bridge/
[ii] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Bridge_station

Under the heading "Sporting Intelligence" The Newcastle Journal of 9 September 1837 reports that "William Watson, Esq. of North Seaton, and Edward Riddell, Esq. Cheeseburn Grange, are appointed Stewards for Morpeth Races next year". This text matches the newspaper clipping attcehd to the broadside in the Bodleian Library. the Census of 1851 records a J.C. Watson living at North Seaton Hall. He would have been aged 22 when the broadside was printed, so he is probably the eponymous coachman

Probably a reference to 'short-stage' coaches Hanson says " There were in fact probably as many is involved in the short stage system, where slower vehicles, usually pulled by two horses, filled in gaps at angles and even parallel to main coach routes. the largest number of short-stage coaches came to operate in and around London as the middle classes, growing in wealth and number, moved out to Suburbs like Paddington ( and beyond), and needed transport to their place of business. by 1825 there were perhaps 600 London short-stages making around 1,800 journeys daily, accounting for about 1/5 of all stagecoaches in the country." [Hanson, Harry - The Coaching Life (Manchester University Press, 1983) p 50]

Probably North Seaton Hall [https://northeasthistorytour.blogspot.com/2010/11/north-seaton-hall-nz297866.html]

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