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Old Hampshire Mapped |
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Post Office Circulation 1890
Hampshire Mail Routes
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Without any sort of written schedule (which does not
exist - information from the Post Office archives) it is
quite difficult to say exactly how the mails were routed.
Notes below list each place and attempt to describe what the
map indicates for the mails. It is particularly unclear
which railway stations are used and which not. This list
should not be believed without confirmation from
other documentary evidence.
The place name in the margin is what is printed on the map.
The modern place name including civil parish is
given alongside.
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Abbots Ann |
Abbotts Ann
End of a mail coach or cart route to and from Andover, via
Amport and Weyhill; and one end of a rural foot postman's
walk to and from Andover via Amport and Weyhill.
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Aldershot |
Aldershot, Rushmoor
Post town - on the Farnham to Alton branch railway; on a
mail coach route to and from Farnham, Surrey and Farnborough etc.
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Aldershot Camp |
North Camp and South Camp,
Aldershot, Rushmoor
Sub office - on a mail coach route to and from Farnham,
Surrey and Aldershot and Farnborough etc.
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Alresford |
New Alresford
Post town - on the Mid Hants, Alton Lines, Railway; on a
mail coach or cart route to and from Alton and Winchester;
posts to and from Bramdean by a rural foot postman's walk and
by a mounted rural postman's walk.
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Alton |
Alton
Post town - on the Mid Hants, Alton Lines, Railway; on a
mail coach or cart route to and from Winchester via
Alresford; and posts to Selborne by two rural foot
postman's walks.
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Alverstoke |
Alverstoke, Gosport
Sub office - on a rural foot postman's walk from Gosport.
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Amport |
Amport
Sub office - on a mail coach or cart route to and from
Andover, via Weyhill, to Abbots Ann; one end of a rural
foot postman's walk to and from Andover via Weyhill, to
Abbots Ann.
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Andover |
Andover
Post town - on the Basingstoke and Salisbury Railway; posts
to and from Hurstbourne Tarrant by a mounted rural
postman's walk, to and from Weyhill, Amport, and Abbots Ann
by mail coach or cart route and by rural foot postman's walk,
and on a mail coach route to and from Micheldever Station; etc.
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Basingstoke |
Basingstoke
Post town - on the London and Southampton Railway, Berkshire
and Hampshire Railway, Basingstoke and Salisbury Railway;
posts by mounted rural postman's walks to and from Baughurst
and Church Oakley, and by rural foot postman's walks to and
from Church Oakley and Preston Candover.
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Baughurst |
Baughurst
End of a mounted rural postman's walk to and from Basingstoke.
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Beaulieu |
Beaulieu
Sub office - end of a mail coach or cart route from
Southampton via Totton, Hythe and Fawley.
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Bentley |
Bentley
Sub office - end of two rural foot postman's walks to and
from Farnham, Surrey.
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Bishops Waltham |
Bishops Waltham
Sub office - on a mail coach or cart route from Southampton
via Botley to Warnford; and on the Bishops Waltham Railway.
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Bishopstoke |
Bishopstoke, Eastleigh
Sub office - on the London and Southampton Railway,
Bishopstoke to Gosport branch railway, and Eastleigh to
Salisbury branch railway; and on two rural foot postman's
walks from Eastleigh.
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Bittern |
Bitterne, Southampton
Sub office - on a mail coach or cart route from Southampton
to Netley Abbey.
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Blackwater Station |
Blackwater Station, Blackwater, Hawley
On the Reading, Guildford and Reigtae Railway; and on mail
coach routes to and from Farnborough and Camberley, Surrey.
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Boscombe |
Boscombe, Bournemouth, Dorset
Sub office - on several mail coach or cart routes
from Bournemouth.
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Botley |
Botley
Sub office - on a mail coach or cart route from Southampton
to Warnford; on the Bishopstoke to Gosport branch railway,
and Bishops Waltham Railway.
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Bournemouth |
Bournemouth (Dorset)
Post town - on the Ringwood, Christchurch and
Bournemouth Railway; posts by mail coach or cart routes to
and from Boscombe and to and from Parkstone.
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Bramdean |
Bramdean
Sub office - end of a rural foot postman's walk and of a
mounted rural postman's walk to and from Alresford.
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Bramshaw |
Bramshaw
Sub office - drawn in Wiltshire; end of a rural foot
postman's walk to and from Lyndhurst.
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Bransgore |
Bransgore
Sub office - end of a rural foot postman's walk to and from
the Ringwood Christchurch mail coach or cart route.
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Brockenhurst |
Brockenhurst
Sub office - on a mail coach or cart route to and from
Lymington to Lyndhurst; on the Southampton and
Dorchester Railway.
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Broughton |
Broughton
Sub offcie - on a mail coach or cart route to and
from Stockbridge to Middle Wallop; and on a rural foot
postman's walk to and from Middle Wallop.
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Christchurch |
Christchurch (Dorset)
Post town - on the Brockenhurst to Christchurch branch railway and Ringwood, Christchurch and Bournemouth Railway; posts by
mail coach or cart route to and from Ringwood.
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Church Oakley |
Oakley
End of a mounted rural postman's walk and of a rural
foot postman's walk to and from Basingstoke.
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Cosham |
Cosham, Portsmouth
Sub office - on the Fareham to Cosham branch railway; posts
by mail coach or cart to Horndean and Hambledon.
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Crondall |
Crondall
Sub office - end of two rural foot postman's walks to and
from Farnham, Surrey.
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Droxford |
Droxford
Sub office - on a mail coach or cart route to and
from Southampton via Botley and Bishops Waltham to Warnford;
and one end of rural foot postman's walks to and from
Bishops Waltham and to and from Warnford.
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Eastleigh |
Eastleigh
Sub office - on the London and Southampton Railway,
Bishopstoke to Gosport branch railway, and Eastleigh to
Salisbury branch railway; on a mail coach or cart route to
and from Romsey; one end of two rural foot postman's walks to
and from Bishopstoke.
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Eastney |
Eastney, Portsmouth
Sub office - one end of two or three rural foot postman's
walks to and from Portsmouth.
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Emsworth |
Emsworth, Havant
Post town - drawn in West Sussex; on a mail coach or cart
route Havant to and from Chichester etc; on the Chichester
to Portsmouth branch railway.
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Fareham |
Fareham
Post town - on the Bishopstoke to Gosport branch railway,
Fareham to Cosham branch railway, and the extended
Southampton and Netley Railway; posts by mail coach or cart
to and from Titchfield and to or from Gosport, and by two
mounted rural postman's walks to Wickham.
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Farnborough |
Farnborough, Rushmoor
Post town - on the London and Southampton Railway, and on
the Reading, Guildford and Reigate Railway; posts by mail
coach routes to and from Farnham, Surrey via Aldershot, and
to and from York Town, Surrey via Blackwater Station, and to
or from Bagshot, Surrey.
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Fawley |
Fawley
Sub office - on a mail coach or cart route to and
from Southampton via Totton and Hythe to Beaulieu.
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Fleet |
Fleet
Sub office - on the London and Southampton Railway; and one
end of a mounted rural postman's walk and of a rural
foot postman's walk to and from Winchfield.
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Fordingbridge |
Fordingbridge
Sub office - on a mail coach or cart route Salisbury
to Cranborne.
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Fullerton Station |
Fullerton Station, Wherwell
On the Andover and Redbridge Railway, and the Hurstbourne
and Fullerton branch railway.
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Gosport |
Gosport
Post town - on the Bishopstoke to Gosport branch railway;
posts by two rural foot postman's walks to Alverstoke; one
end of a mail coach or cart route to and from Fareham; and by
the Stokes Bay Railway?
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Greatham |
Greatham
End of a mail coach or cart route to and from Liphook; and
one end of a rural foot postman's walk to and from Liphook
via Headley.
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Hambledon |
Hambledon
Sub office - one end of a mail coach or cart route to and
from Cosham via Horndean and Waterloo Ville.
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Hartford Bridge |
Hartford Bridge, Hartley Wintney
Sub office - served by a mounted rural postman's walk to and
from Winchfield, and on rural foot postman's walks to and
from Winchfield and Hook.
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Havant |
Havant
Post town - on the Portsmouth Railway, and Chichester
to Portsmouth branch railway; posts by two mounted
rural postman's walks to and from Hayling; and by mail coach
or cart to and from Chichester etc.
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Hayling |
North Hayling, Havant
Sub office - one end of two mounted rural postman's walks
from Havant.
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Headley |
Headley, Ashford Hill with Headley
Sub office - on a rural foot postman's walk Liphook to and
from Greatham.
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Hook |
Hook
Sub office - on the London and Southampton Railway; one end
of a rural foot postman's walk to and from Winchfield
via Hartford Bridge.
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Horndean |
Horndean
Sub office - on mail coach or cart routes Cosham via
Waterloo Ville to and from Hambledon.
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Hursley |
Hursley
Sub office - one end of a mail coach or cart route to and
from Winchester via Twyford; and of a rural foot postman's
walk to and from Winchester via Twyford.
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Hurstbourne Station |
Hurstbourne Station, Hurstbourne Priors
On the Basingstoke and Salisbury Railway, and the Hurstbourne
to Fullerton branch railway.
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Hurstbourne Tarrant |
Hurstbourne Tarrant
Sub office - one end of a mounted rural postman's walk to
and from Andover.
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Hythe |
Hythe, Hythe and Dibden
Sub office - on a mail coach or cart route Southampton via
Totton to and from Beaulieu.
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Kings Somborne |
Kings Somborne
Sub office - one end of a rural foot postman's walk to and
from Stockbridge.
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Kings Worthy |
Kings Worthy
Sub office - one end of two tricycle post routes to and
from Winchester.
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Kingsclere |
Kingsclere
Sub office - one end of a mail coach or cart route to and
from Newbury, Berkshire.
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Liphook |
Liphook, Bramshott and Liphook
Sub office - on a mail coach or cart route Greatham to and from Haslemere, Surrey via Shutter Mill; and one end of a rural
foot postman's walk to and from Greatham via Headley.
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East Liss
West Liss |
Liss
Subu offices - there are two rural foot postman's walks East
Liss to and from West Liss, but it is not clear how the post
gets to Liss, it is on the Portsmouth Railway.
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Long Parish |
Longparish
Sub office - one end of two rural foot postman's walks to
and from Whitchurch.
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Lymington |
Lymington, Lymington and Pennington
Post town - on the Lymington Railway; one end of a mail
coach route to and from Lyndhurst, carried on from there by
foot or horse; one end of two mounted rural postman's walks
to and from Milford.
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Lyndhurst |
Lyndhurst
Sub office - one end of two mail coach or cart routes to and
from Lymington via Brockenhurst; of a rural foot postman's
walk to and from Bramshaw; and of a stage coach or omnibus
route to and from Lyndhurst Road Station.
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Lyndhurst Road Station |
Lyndhurst Road Station, Ashurst and Colbury
On the Southampton and Dorchester Railway; one end of a
mounted rural postman's walk to and from Lyndhurst.
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Marchwood |
Marchwood
Sub office - on a mail coach or cart route Southampton via
Totton to and from Beaulieu.
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Micheldever Station |
Micheldever Station, Micheldever
Post town - on the London and Southampton Railway; one end of
a mail coach or cart route to and from Whitchurch or
perhaps Newbury, Berkshire; and a mail coach or cart route to
and from Andover; posts to and from Sutton Scotney by a mounted rural postman's walk.
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Middle Wallop |
Middle Wallop, Nether Wallop
Sub office - on and of a mail coach or cart route to and
from Stockbridge via Broughton, and perhaps Winchester; and
one end of a rural foot postman's walk to and from
Stockbridge via Broughton.
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Milford |
Milford-on-Sea
Sub office - one end of two mounted rural postman's walks to
and from Lymington.
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Netley Abbey |
Netley Abbey, Hound
Sub office - on the Southampton and Netley Railway; and one
end of a mail coach or cart route to and from Southampton
via Bittern and Woolstone.
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North End |
North End, East Woodhay
End of a mail coach or cart route to and from Newbury,
Berkshire via Woolton Hill.
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Odiham |
Odiham
Sub office - served by a mail coach or cart to and
from Winchfield; and one end of two stage coach or omnibus
routes to and from Winchfield.
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Overton |
Overton
Sub office - on the London and Southampton Railway; and one
end of a mounted rural postman's walk and of a rural
foot postman's walk to and from Whitchurch.
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Petersfield |
Petersfield
Post town - on the Portsmouth Railway; posts by a rural
postman's walk and by a mounted rural postman's walk to and
from West Meon; and the same to and from Rogate, West Sussex;
and by two rural foot postman's walks to and from Harting,
West Sussex.
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Pokesdown |
Pokesdown (Bournemouth, Dorset)
Sub office - one end of a rural foot postman's walk to and
from Boscombe.
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Portsmouth |
Portsmouth
Post town - on the Portsmouth Railway; posts by two or
three rural foot postman's walks to and from Eastney.
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Preston Candover |
Preston Candover
Sub office - one end of two rural foot postman's walks to
and from Basingstoke.
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Ringwood |
Ringwood
Post town - on the Southampton and Dorchester Railway; one
end of a mail coach or cart route to and from Christchurch.
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Romsey |
Romsey
Post town - on the Eastleigh to Salisbury branch railway, and
the Andover and Redbridge Railway; one end of a mail coach
or cart route to and from Eastleigh.
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Shutter Mill |
Shottermill (Surrey)
On the Portsmouth Railway; on a mail coach or cart route
Greatham to and from Haslemer, Surrey via Liphook; and one
end of a rural foot postman's walk to and from Fernhurst,
West Sussex.
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Southampton |
Southampton
Post town - on the London and Southampton Railway,
Southamptonm and Netley railway, and the Southampton
and Dorchester Railway; posts by mail coach or cart to and
from Salisbury via Totton; to and from Beaulieu via Totton
etc, to and from Netley Abbey; and to and from Warnford
via Bishops Waltham; and one end of two rural foot
postman's walks to and from Totton.
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Stockbridge |
Stockbridge
Sub office - on the Andover and Redbridge Railway; posts by
mail coach or cart to and from Middle Wallop via Broughton;
one end of a rural foot postman's walk to Middle wallop
via Broughton; and of a rural foot postman's walk to and
from Kings Somborne; and on a mail coach or cart route to
and from Winchester.
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Strathfieldsaye |
Stratfield Saye
Sub office - one end of two rural foot postman's walks to
and from Mortimer, Berkshire.
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Sutton Scotney |
Sutton Scotney, Wonston
Sub office - one end of a mounted rural postman's walk to
and from Micheldever Station.
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Titchfield |
Titchfield, Fareham
Sub office - on two mail coach or cart routes to and
from Fareham.
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Totton |
Totton, Totton and Eling
Sub office - on mail coach or cart routes Southampton to and
from Beaulieu, and to and from Salisbury; and one end of
two rural foot postman's walks to and from Southampton.
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Twyford |
Twyford
Sub office - on a mail coach or cart route Winchester to and
from Hursley; and on a rural foot postman's walk Winchester
to and from Hursley.
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Warnford |
Warnford
Sub office - one end of a mail coach or cart route to and
from Southampton via Botley, Bishops Waltham and Droxford;
and one end of a rural foot postman's walk to and from
Droxford or Bishops Waltham.
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Waterloo Ville |
Waterlooville, Havant
Sub office - on two mail coach or cart routes Cosham to and
from Horndean, and to and from Hambledon.
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West Meon |
West Meon, Westmeon
Sub office - one end of a mounted rural postman's walk to
and from Petersfield; and one end of a rural foot postman's
walk to and from Petersfield.
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Weyhill |
Weyhill, Penton Grafton
Sub office - on a mail coach or cart route to and from
Andover, perhaps to and from Amport via Abbots Ann; one end
of a rural foot postman's walk Andover to and from Amport
and Abbots Ann; and on rural foot postman's walks to and
from Ludgershall, Wiltshire, and to and from Chute
Standen, Wiltshire.
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Whitchurch |
Whitchurch
Sub office - on the Basingstoke and Salisbury Railway; on a
mail coach or cart route Newbury, Berkshire to and
from Micheldever Station; posts by mounted and foot
rural postman's walks to and from Overton; and by two two
rural foot postman's walks to and from Long Parish.
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Wickham |
Wickham
Sub office - one end of two mounted rural postman's walks to
and from Fareham.
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Winchester |
Winchester
Post town - on the London and Southampton Railway, amd Mid
Hants, Alton Lines, Railway; posts by mail coach or cart to
and from Stockbridge, Broughton and Middle Wallop; by
two tricycle post routes to and from Kings Worthy; by mail
coach or cart routes to and from Hursley via Twyford; and one
end of a rural foot postman's walk to and from Hursley
via Twyford.
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Winchfield |
Winchfield
Post town - on the London and Southampton Railway; posts
by mounted rural postman's walks to and from Hartford Bridge,
to and from Fleet, and to and from Odiham; by mail coach or
cart to and from Odiham; by rural foot postamn's walks to
and from Hook via Hartford Bridge, and to and from Fleet.
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Woolstone |
Woolston, Southampton
Sub office - on a mail coach or cart route Southampton to
and from Netley Abbey via Bittern.
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Woolton Hill |
Woolton Hill, East Woodhay
Sub office - on a mail coach or cart route Newbury, Berkshire
to and from North End.
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