| Description | will of Anne Buissiere, St James Westminster 1726, marriage allegation of Edward Margan and Sarah Cook, St James Westminster 1747, appointment of commissioners for hackney coaches 1758, receipts for land tax, water rates, charity subscriptions 1791-1903, invoice form J and W Duckham's Carpet Warehouse, 160 Piccadilly 1824, miscellaneous letters and receipts 1832-1858, memorandum from A Newman and Co, blacksmiths, 19 Maddox Street and 10 Archer Street 1837, bankruptcy document re Holborn, 1790
Prospectus for boats on Grand Junction Canal 1802 . The poster provides a considerable amount of detail of the business run by Mr Henry Weeks, 67 Edgware Road, Paddington. He was offering a range of "safe and commodious Boats, with Awnings" for between four and 20 people and available to hire by the hour or by the day. He also had a larger boat to hire just by the day which could accommodate up to two hundred people. Details of the passage boats are also given with one leaving Paddington at 8am and returning from Uxbridge at 4pm, each to be met by a connecting boat to Norwood. A second boat was to leave Uxbridge at 7am and return from Paddington at 5pm. A total of twenty eight places passed on route are listed. The range of fares varied from one shilling for up to six miles travelled, one shilling and six pence for between six and ten miles, two shillings for between ten and fifteen miles and two shillings and six pence for over fifteen miles. Each passenger could carry up to fourteen pounds in weight of luggage but the proprietor accepted no responsibility for it. Packages of up to twenty eight pounds could be transported if booked in advance. |