The Route Book of Devon (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1870 Excerpt: ... out the different stations where Boats and Hackney Coaches are kept for hire. STATIONS FOR BOATS. PlymotUh, --Barbican Pier, Hoe, Catdown, Millbay and PieT. Stonehouse, --Admiral's Hard, Stonehouse Pool, Firestone Bay, Millbridge. Devonport, --Mutton Cove, North Corner, New Passage. HACKNEY COACH STANDS. Plymouth, --Royal Hotel, Railway Terminus, Lockyerstreet, Bedford-street, Old Town-street, Whimple-street, The Parade, Barbican Pier, Tavistock Road, Bellevue Place.Torrington Place, Morley-street, South Devon Place, North Road, Sutton Road, Millbay Pier, Eldad, Martinstreet, Citadel Road, Green Bank Road, Prison. Road, Coxside Road, Hospital, New Quay, Briton-side, Octagon, Union-street, eastern end of Oxford-place. Stonehouse, --Edgcumbe Place, Durnford-street, Hobart-street, St. Marystreet, Royal Western Yacht Club, Edgcumbe-street, Stonehouse Hard. Devonport, --Fore-street, Western end of Pembroke-street, Morice Town, George-street, Clowance street, Waterloo-street, the Ferry, Navy Row, Railway Station, Donegal Terrace, North East Barrier, Duke-street, Chapel-street, North Corner, Gun Wharf. BOAT FARES, and Hackney Coaches, are regulated by Commissioners, under certain provisions of an act of parliament passed for the purpose. The boatmen's fares to and from each station, and to almost every point within the different harbours and creeks in the neighbourhood are fixed and published in a small book; and every waterman is bound, under a penalty of forty shillings, to produce this book when demanded by any person or persons who shall have hired, or are about to hire him. The Time-fares for boats are as follows: --the first hour, one shilling each boatman; every subsequent half hour, three pence, provided the charge for a boat and man does not exceed six shilling...