Tadcaster Through Time (Revised Edition) by Chrystal Paul & Sunderland Mark

Author:Chrystal, Paul & Sunderland, Mark [Chrystal, Paul]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Amberley Publishing
Published: 2015-06-11T04:00:00+00:00

Wilson’s the Cobblers, York Road, 1928

An intriguing shot of this cobblers and a good example of a business being run from home. Tadcaster was one of England’s first post towns – where horses were changed in a kind of relay between major towns, in this case the road between London and Edinburgh via York. In the mid 1600s, the postmaster was a Mr Taylor, landlord of the Swanne Inn. The journey to London took four days and cost 40s . In 1880, fifty stagecoaches passed through Tadcaster with thirty or so stopping to change horses.

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