INDEX 



Accidents, i. 206, 274, 281, 307, 310 ; ii. 28, 9G-122 



Allen, Ralph, Post Office reformer, i. 146 



Amateur coachmen (for individuals, see Coaching Notabilities) 



,, „ penalty for allowing them to drive, i. 209 



„ „ rise of, i. 231 



„ „ incident on the road with, ii. 91-3 



„ ., originated about 1800, ii. 239 



,, „ account of the, ii. 239-59 



Balloon coaches, appear about 1785, i. 296 



" Basket," the, described, i. 96, 99 ; miseries of travelling in, i. 101, 295 



Baxendale, Joseph, ii. 127-43, 207 



Besant, designer of mail-coaches, i. 178 



Bonnor, Charles, i. 168, 171 



" Booking," i. 320-23 



,, -clerks, responsibilities of, i. 320 



„ „ described by Dickens, i. 322, 330 



„ -offices, i. 320-23 



,, ,, described by Dickens, i. 122, 330 



Boonen, Wm., Queen Elizabeth's coachman, i. 5 

 Brighton, first coach to, 1756, i. 134 ; first Sunday coach to, 1792, i. 198 

 Buckingham, Earl of, sets up a carriage, i. 7 

 Bugles {see Key Bugles) 

 Byers, — , professional informer, i. 214-17 



Canals, ii. 130, 133 



" Caravan," origin of word, ii. 128, 129 



Carriages, introduction of, i. 2-13 ; become fashionable, i. 11 



Carriers, the, i. 65 ; antiquity of, i. 103 ; account of, i. 103-45 ; re- 



.strictions on, 1622-29, i. 195 ; forbidden to travel on Sundays, 



1627, i. 196 

 Cary, Piobert, rides horseback to Edinburgh, 1603, i. 16 

 Coach and Harness Makers Company, founded 1677, i. 12 

 " Coach and six through Act of Parliament," origin of saying, i. 86 



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