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farther Notice is hereby given, That in Case the said Note is not soon demanded, the same will be delivered to the Person
who found it.
HEN. POTTS, Secretary.

-- 610 2 NEWS (General Post-Office, June, 1761)

His Majesty's Post-master General, for the further Improvement of Correspondence, having been pleased to order,
that Letters and Packets shall for the future, be carried six Days in every Week, instead of three as at present, between
Lo~don and the several following Towns, viz. Caxton, Hundington, Stilton, Stamford, Colteswonh, Grantham, Newark,
Twiford, Worsop, Bawtry, Doncaster, Howden, Rawcliff, Thome, Hull, Fenybridge, Wakefield, Leeds, Bradford, Halifax,
Tad.caster, York, Easingwold, Thirsk, Nolthallerlon, Darlington, Durham, Newcastle, Barnards-Castle, Brough, Penrith,
Keswick, Cockennouth, Whitehaven, Carlisle, Daventry, Coventry, Mansfield, Chesterfield, Sheffield, Rotherham, Barnsley,
Huthersfield, Wiggan, Chorley, Preston, Garstang, Lancaster, Bunon, Kendal, andAppleby.
And likewise for the further Improvement of the National Correspondence, to erect and establish the following New
Cross Road Posts, namely, betwixt Newcastle upon Tyne, Whitehaven and Carlisle, through Durham, Darlington, Barnards-
Castle, Brough, Appleby, Penrith, Keswick, Cockennouth, and Workington, by which the Correspondence of those Towns with
each other, as well as with the Great North Road, and with Cambridge, Newmarket, Bury, Thetford, Lynn, and Norwich, may
be carried on six Times a Week.
Also a new Cross Road Branch betwixt York and Manchester, through Tadcaster, Wakefield, Leeds, Bradford, Halifax,
and Rochdale, by which the Correspondence of that Part of the great North Road lying North of Ferrybridge, with all Parts
of Lancashire, may likewise be carried on six Times a Week; And their Correspondence with Cheshire, Staffordshire,
Bim1ingham, and Coventry in Warwickshire, considerably quickened and improved.
Also a new Cross Road Branch betwixt Sheffield and Doncaster, through Rotherham, by which the Correspondence of
Sheffield with Hull, and all Parts of the Great North Road as well as with Cambridge, Newmarket, Bury, Thetford, Lynn, and
Norwich, may be carried on six Times a Week
Also a new Cross Road Branch from Sheffield to Rochdale, through Barnsley, Huthersfield, Elland, and Halifax, by
which means the Correspondence of Sheffield, Chesterfield, Mansfield and Nottingham, with Manchester, Warrington,
Liverpool, and all Parts of Lancashire, may be carried on six Times a Week; and their Correspondence with Cheshire,
Staffordshire, and Bim1ingham in Warwickshire, considerably quickened and improved.
Also a new Cross Road and Branch from Derby, through the Peacock Inn to Chesterfield, by which the
Correspondence of Derby with Chesterfield, Sheffield, Rotherham, Doncaster, an all the great North Road (North of
Doncaster) as well as with Barnsley, Huthersfield, Halifax, Rochdale, Manchester, Warrington, Liverpool, and all Parts of
Lancashire, will be considerably quickened and improved.
Also new Cross Road Stages from Fenybridge to Wakefield, from Wakefield to Leeds, and from Fenybridge to Leeds, by
which the Correspondence betwixt all Parts of the North Road, South of Fenybridge, as well as Cambridge, Newmarket,
Bury, Thetford, Lynn, and Norwich, with Wakefield, Leeds, Bradford, Halifax, Rochdale, Manchester, Warrington, Liverpool,
and all Parts of Lancashire, may be carried on six Times a Week. And the Correspondence of all Parts of the North Road,
North of Newark, with Cheshire, Staffordshire, Binningham, and Coventry in Warwickshire, will be considerably quickened
and improved.
Also a new Cross Road Stage betwixt Cambridge and Caxton, by which Means the Correspondence of the great North
Road, as well as all Parts of Lancashire, with Cambridge, Newmarket, Bury, Thetford, Lynn, and Norwich, may also be
carried on Six Times a Week.
Also a new Cross Road Stage betwixt Nottingham and Newark, by which the Correspondence of Nottingham,
Mansfield, Chesterfield, Loughborough, Leicester, Harborough, and Norlhampton, with the great North Road, and with
Cambridge, Newmarket, Bury, Thetford, Lynn, and Norwich, may likewise be carried on Six Times a Week.
Also a new Cross Road Stage betwixt Appleby and Kendal, by which the Correspondence of Whitehaven, Cockennouth,
Carlisle, Penrith, Appleby, and all Parts of Cumberland and Westmoreland, with all Parts of Lancashire, may be carried on
Six Times a Week; and their Correspondence with Cheshire, Staffordshire, and Warwickshire, considerably quickened and
improved.
Also a new Cross Road Stage betwixt Binningham and Coventry, by which the Correspondence of Coventry and
Daventry, with Bim1ingham, Wolverhampton, Sheffnal, Shrewsbury, Stone, Namptwich, 01ester, Warrington, Liverpool,
Manchester, and all Parts of Lancashire, Westmoreland, and Cumberland, may be carried on Six Times a Week; and their

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