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Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice book in great condition. Pages in excellent condition. No notes or highlighting. See images. Fantastic book.

About the book >.>.> One of the characteristic features of the Bristol region in the nineteenth century was the existence of a widespread network of carriers’ routes. Short- and long-distance carriers by road became significant throughout England during the eighteenth century. 1 The emergence of the railway in the 1830s rapidly led to the demise of many long-distance men but the number and services of village carriers increased in the second half of the nineteenth century. Such local tradesmen complemented the railway network by transporting passengers and goods between towns and villages in their hinterlands. By 1881 there were probably 20-25000 country carriers in England and extensive carrying services in and around provincial towns such as Guildford Hull Leicester Not- tingham Maidstone Norwich and Bristol itself. Bristol with a population of 339150 in 1901. (LL)