368 INDEX 



Telegraph f?prings introduced, ii. 228 



" Tipping," origin and progress of, i. 228-30 ; of mail-guards, i. 253, 



262 ; forbidden, i. 263 ; of coachmen, i. 345 ; ii. 1 

 Tom Brown^s Schooldays, i. 347 

 " Travel," origin of the word, i. 107 

 "Truckamuck," a kind of sledge, i. 107 

 Turnpike Acts, growth of, 1700-1770, i. 117; penalise narrow and 



encourage broad wheels, i. 124-6, 202-205 ; General Turnpike Act, 



1766, i. 202-205 

 Turnpike keepers, i. 24, 208, 212 ; prosecuted by informers, i. 217 ; 



sleepy, ii. 79 

 Turn])ike roads, not in favour with waggoners, i. 126 

 Turnpike tolls, i. 124; leviedi on waggons,|i. 20C-205 ; doubled on 



Sundays about 1780, ii. 147 ; heavy discriminatory charges 



against steam-carriages, ii. 262, 263 

 Turnpike Trusts, grievances of, against Post Office, ii. 4-9 ; action of, 



against steam-carriages, ii. 262, 263 



" I'nicorn " team, i.e. three horses, ii. 270 



Van, origin of the name, ii- 129 

 Van ])roprietors : — 



Chaplin k Home, ii. 209, 229 



Pickford k, Co., i. 123-43 



Ptussell ct Co., i. 136-9 

 Van proprietors prosecuted for technical offences, i. 216 

 Vidler & Parratt, mail-coach manufacturers, i. 178 ; ii. 17, 18, 44 



Waggons, i. 103-45 ; established about 1500, i. 103 ; increase in 

 number and weight about 1760, i. 123 ; legislation directed 

 against 1766, i. 124-6, 202-204 ; only disappear so late as 1860, 

 i. 144 ; four-wheeled waggons forbidden 1622, i. 194 ; loads over 

 20 cwt. forbidden 1622, i. 195 ; restrictions on teams, i. 195-200 ; 

 on loads, i. 200 



Waggoners, character of the, i. 126-31 ; forbidden to ride on their 

 waggons, i. 205 ; preyed upon by informers, i. 212-14 



Waude, , coach-builder, ii. 16, 43-7, 228 



Weller, Tony, as typical coachman, i. 221 



Witherings, Thomas, Master of the Postes, i. 17 



Yard-porters, status of, ii. 178 



York, James, Duke of, sets uji a "glass coach," 1661, i. 11, 66 



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