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Notice from the Swan with Two Necks Inn

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Printed notice for the London coaching inn, the Swan with Two Necks, Lad Lane.

This notice lists the fifteen Royal Mail coaches that departed from this inn each evening, heading into East Anglia. The route for the Norwich Royal Mail passed through Chelmsford, Colchester and Ipswich. The notice also advertises other ordinary passenger coaches that departed from the Swan with Two Necks.

Date: late 18th to early 19th century
Proprietor: W Waterhouse & Son
Dimensions: Height 481mm; Width 327mm
Accession Number: 2005.81/4