Inns and Taverns.
THE LION INN, on Wyle Cop, is kept by Mr. Tompkins. For elegant
accommodation and the greatest attention, it is not surpassed. The
London, Holyhead, Newtown, and Ludlow mails run to this house; also
coaches regularly from hence to London, Holyhead, Worcester, Hereford,
Bath, Cheltenham, Birmingham, Chester, Liverpool, Manchester, and all
parts of the kingdom.
THE TALBOT INN, in Shoplatch, is kept by Mr. Jobson. Extensive premises
with requisite accommodations. Coaches run from this house similarly to
those from the Lion.
THE RAVEN INN, in Castle-street. A spacious and convenient house, with
excellent accommodation. As a house frequented by commercial gentlemen,
it ranks first in the town.
THE RAVEN AND BELL INN, on the Wyle Cop, has extensive and good
accommodations for travellers, and is well frequented.
THE CROWN INN, near the Butter Cross, is centrically situated, and
travellers meet with civility and attention.
Besides these, there are numerous others, which cannot here be detailed,
but in all of them of respectable name, the stranger will experience a
civility and attention which in houses of this description are not in all
places to be met with.
Public Offices.
THE POST OFFICE is kept in Dogpole. It opens at seven in the morning and
closes at nine at night, and is shut during divine service on Sundays.
To London the mail goes out daily at eleven o’clock (except Saturday.) To
Holyhead and Ireland every evening at three o’clock. To Ludlow,
Hereford, and South Wales every morning at eleven. To Chester, through
Ellesmere and Wrexham every evening at three o’clock. To Pool, and all
Merionethshire, (except Bala and Corwen) Aberystwith, every evening about
half past three o’clock, and to Whitchurch, Wem, Hawkstone, Prees, and
Malpas, every evening by horse post, soon after the arrival of the London
mail. THE STAMP OFFICE is kept in the Corn Market, as is also the SALOP
FIRE OFFICE. The COLLECTOR’S OFFICE for the receipt of the excise
duties, is held in Barker Street. The CLERK OF THE PEACE’S OFFICE is at
the Town Hall.
Bankers.
Messrs. Beck, Dodson, Eatons and Beck, draw on Masterman and Co.
Messrs. Burton, Lloyd, Lloyd, and Salt, draw on Stephenson, Remmington,
and Co.
Messrs. Rocke, Eyton, Campbell, and Bayley, draw on Robarts, Curtis, and
Co.
The banks are open every day from ten o’clock till four.
Newspapers.
Two weekly Newspapers are published here.
_Wednesday_,—The Salopian Journal, at the Office in the Corn Market.
_Friday_,—The Shrewsbury Chronicle, at the Office on St. John’s Hill.
Stage Coaches.
The number of coaches precludes our specifying each particularly, nor
indeed would it be of much avail for any length of time, as they change
so frequently. The following directions, however, give every necessary
information to the stranger in the choice of his conveyance to any part
of the kingdom.
_From the LION COACH OFFICE_.
_Mail Coaches_ to London, Holyhead, Hereford, Chester, Newtown, and all
the intermediate places. _Stage Coaches_ to London, Holyhead,
Manchester, Liverpool, Hereford, Bristol, Bath, Birmingham, Cheltenham,
Aberystwith, and the towns and villages on the road, daily.
_The TALBOT INN_.
_Stage Coaches_ run from this house to the places named before.
_The BRITANNIA INN_.
_Stage Coaches_ to London, Birmingham, and Aberystwith.
Stage Waggons.
_Waggons_ to London, Wolverhampton, Machynlleth, Dolgelley, and
Montgomeryshire, from _Crowley and Co._ Mardol.
_Waggons_ to Chester; Manchester, Ludlow, and Leominster, from _Maxon’s
Warehouse_, Mardol.
_Waggons_ to Aberystwith, Llangollen, Bala, Wem Wharf, (from whence goods
are conveyed by water to Liverpool, &c.) Holyhead, &c. from _Newton’s
General Waggon and Barge Warehouse_, Mardol Quay.
Water Conveyance.
_Barges_ go frequently (two or three in a week) for Bridgnorth,
Worcester, Gloucester, Chepstow, and Bristol, days uncertain, from the
warehouses of Owners _Harwood_, _Bratton_ and _J. Jones_, on Mardol Quay,
also from the _Union Wharf_, St. Mary’s Water Lane.
Hackney Chairmen.
_Hackney Chairs_, or as they are sometimes called _Sedans_, are to be had
for conveyance within the town at a moderate rate.