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The largest number of short stagecoaches 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 one-fifth of all stagecoaches in the country
Reference:
Harry Hanson, The Coaching Life (Manchester University Press, 1983) p50
The relentless speed demanded by fast stage coaches killed horses. The average life of a horse in a slow coach was about 6 years but only 3 in a fast coach
Reference:
E.W. Bovill, English Country Life 1780-1830 (Oxford University Press, 1962) p146
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Hatchetts was a notable hotel and coaching inn which George Cruikshank used as the setting for a print of 1818
The Piccadilly Nuisance! Dedicated to the worthy, acting magistrates of the district |