Abergavenny to Ludlow 1798. Rate query.
Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2021 1:51 am
We have a letter dated April 1798 written from Abergavenny to Ludlow in Shropshire.
The postal charge is 7, which at that time covered a single letter between 100 and 150 miles.
We bought this as part of an auction lot and the previous owner has annotated it like this
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Abergavenny to Ludlow by direct road is 45 miles. Abergavenny to Oxford transit office and re-sorted to Ludlow is approx. 150 miles hence the script 7 pence postal fee
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This is a new one for us, it seems unlikely on the map to go so far out of the way, and we have seen no other reference to a sorting office to re-direct mail at Oxford.
Does anyone have any information to help us to sort out this conundrum please?
The postal charge is 7, which at that time covered a single letter between 100 and 150 miles.
We bought this as part of an auction lot and the previous owner has annotated it like this
Quote
Abergavenny to Ludlow by direct road is 45 miles. Abergavenny to Oxford transit office and re-sorted to Ludlow is approx. 150 miles hence the script 7 pence postal fee
Unquote
This is a new one for us, it seems unlikely on the map to go so far out of the way, and we have seen no other reference to a sorting office to re-direct mail at Oxford.
Does anyone have any information to help us to sort out this conundrum please?