To London
The Stortford Coach at 5p.m.
The Fakenham at 8a.m.
The Norwich Coach at 9a.m.
The Cambridge “Times” at 10a.m.
The Cambridge Coach at 2p.m.
The Bury Coach at 11p.m.
The Swaffham Coach at 8 p.m.
The “Magnet” from Norwich at 4a.m.
The Norwich Mail at 5a.m.
The Walden Coach at 2p.m.
The Harlow Coach at 9a.m.
The Thetford Coach at 9a.m.
The Dunmow Coach at 9a.m.
From London
The Thetford Coach at 9a.m.
The Fakenham at 8a.m.
The Cambridge Coach at 12a.m.
The Bury Coach at 4p.m.
The Cambridge “Times” at 5p.m.
The Norwich Coach at 6p.m.
The “Magnet” to Norwich at 8p.m.
The Swaffham Coach at 8p.m.
The Norwich Mail at 10p.m.
The Walden Coach at 12p.m.
The Harlow Coach at 6p.m.
The Stortford Coach at 5p.m.
The Dunmow Coach at 9a.m.
(From an Almanac published by Mr Griffith, printer & stationer of Epping. Essex)
In 1750 a coach ran through Chipping Ongar 3 times weekly and in 1764 the Ongar ‘Crown’ landlord sponsored a ‘New Machine’ to run from Fyfield through Ongar to London. One of these 2 coaches soon ceased, the other continued for nearly the rest of the century.
In addition there were 2 Epping coaches, each performing 2 journeys a day, making the total number of coaches to and from Epping 25 a day. Each coach driven by four horses, called at a particular inn, where the horses would be stabled.
The coach guard played a series of particular calling notes when arriving at the inn. There were also post horses, many of them used by travellers to ride to the Newmarket races.
Other horses were required for the yellow post chaises then in use, as well as for the coaches kept by a number of local county families. These were usually equipped to carry the family and their luggage long distances, so would be drawn by a four-in-hand. Epping by the 1790’s was served by coaches making 46 journeys a week.
Purely local services did not develop until end of 18th Century and then only on a small scale.