Harleston & District Historical Society – “Norfolk in the Stagecoach Age” by Charles Lewis

The early 19th century was the golden age of the stagecoach, often romanticized in Dickensian Christmas scenes. Whip-cracking drivers, blunderbuss wielding guards and, of course, the gentleman highwayman, are all part of the accepted picture, but what was coach travel really like during this period?

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