Note 390 — Chapter VI
Reading edition
Ibid., 1667-68, p. 116. From copies of these labels made out in 1666 and 1667 we know exactly how long it took to convey the mails between London and the important cities of the kingdom although the time varied more or less at different trips and different seasons.
Between Hours
London and Yarmouth From 29 to 32
Plymouth 50 58
York 39 42
Chester 30 56
Bristol 25 30
Gloucester 20 26
Portsmouth 15 23
Edinburgh 73 103*
Newcastle 57 81
Manchester 32 48
Preston 47 58
Dover 19 22
Southampton 18 23
(Cal. S. P. D., 1667-68, pp. 117, 118, 120, 121; 1666-67, pp. 388, 389.)
* Reproved for slowness.