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Notice from the Bolt in Tun Inn

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Printed notice for the London coaching inn, the Bolt in Tun, Fleet Street, London.


The notice advertises the evening departure of two Royal Mail coaches. Their destinations were Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight, and Hastings and Tunbridge Wells. The notice also includes a list of ‘fast coaches’ that set out from the Bolt in Tun.

Date: late 18th to early 19th century
Proprietor: Robert Gray & Co
Dimensions: Height 437mm; Width 281mm
Accession No: 2005.81/5