| Coaches and carriers of the early Victorian period |
Pigot's
Directory of South Wales 1835, gives us a picture of the coach
services at the time Queen Victoria came to the throne.  This
was the only means people had of travelling
beyond the area into the wider world at that time. For many working people,
though, even travelling on the roof of the coach (which
was cheaper) was beyond them. |
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| Here are the entries for
Montgomery from Pigot's Directory. As
you can see it was possible to travel into Montgomeryshire to other towns
like Llanidloes,
Newtown and Welshpool. Travel
to Shrewsbury was just once a week from
Montgomery, or you could go to Berriew and catch a daily coach there. You
could also travel to Kidderminster and the midlands of England. Coach connections from Montgomery were not bad then, provided you were not in a rush. |
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 The
directory also lists the two carriers
in Montgomery.Most of the carrying of goods was done by local firms like this who would charge a fee for taking goods in their carts. The pace of life was slower in those days. As you can see there was no such thing as overnight delivery. If you missed the waggon to Shrewsbury you would have to wait a week for the next one! . |
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