Page 208 - British Post Office Notices 1666 to 1799

1790-1799

For the Town delivery.
A B c For the D
overnightly .... 8 0 9 0 9 30 1st delivery 'h. past 7& 9
Morning ........ 8 0 8 30 9 0 2d ditto 'h. past 9 & 11
do. . ....... 10 0 10 30 11 0 3d ditto 'h. past 11 & 1
Noon ........... 12 0 12 30 1 0 4th ditto 'h. past 1 & 3
Afternoon 2 0 2 30 3 0 5th ditto 'h. past 3 & 5
do. 5 0 5 30 6 0 6th ditto 'h. past 6 & 8
A If put in at any of the Receiving Houses in Town.
B At either of the two principal Offices.
C Or at the principal Office for the same District of the Town in which the Place is situated. *
D They are delivered in general between the Times undermentioned.
* The town is divided between the two principal offices thus, all parts to the eastward of Gray's-inn-lane, Holbom-
bars, Chancery-lane, with its communications, Temple-bar, Narrow-wall, Surry, Lambeth-marsh, and the Asylum, are in the
district of the Chief Office; and all parts to the westward of these places inclusive, are in the district of the Westminster
Office.

For the Country Delivery.
At Places having three Deliveries.
A B c For the 0
The preceding evening by ...... 5 0 5 30 7 0 1st delivery 7 & 9 o'clock
Morning ....................... 8 0 8 30 9 0 2d ditto 10 & 1 o'clock
Afternoon ...................... 2 0 2 30 3 0 3d ditto 4 & 7 o'clock
At Places having but two deliveries.
Morning by •••••••••••••••••••• 8 0 8 30 9 0 1st delivery 10 & 1 o'clock
Afternoon ••••••••••••••••••••• 2 0 2 30 3 0 2d ditto 4 & 7 o'clock
At Places having but one delivery.
Morning by •••••••••••••••••••• 8 0 8 30 9 0 10 & 1 o'clock
A If put in at any of the Receiving Houses in Town.
B At either of the two principal Offices.
c Or at the principal Office to which the Place is attached *
D They are delivered in general between the Times undermentioned.
* The Principal Office to which the several places in the country are attached is pointed out by the letters C and W in
the following list, which signify the Chief and Westminster Offices.
List of Places in the delivery of the Penny Post.
Shewing also to which of the Two Principal Offices each Place is immediately attached, the number of deliveries a day
given to each, and the time fixed for the departure of the Post from such where Receiving Houses are established.
N. B. Those having no time of Departure specified, are such as have no Receiving Houses.
Time of departure Time of departure
from the under- from the under-
Place Names A B mentioned places Place Names A B mentioned places
Morning Aftern. Morning Aftern.
Acton and East do. Midd. w 3 8 30 3 30 Barnes Surry c 3 8 30 3 30
Bagnigge Wells* Midd. c 3 Battersea Surry c 3 9 0 4 0
Bal ham Surry c 3 Battle Bridge Midd. c 3
Ball's Pond Midd. c 3 Bayswater Midd. w 3
Barking Essex c 3 8 0 3 0 Bethnal Green Midd. c 3 7 45 4 45
A = Principal Office B =No. of Deliveries

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