Westminster office of the penny post and then the two-penny post. The first office of the penny post in London that ran in a dedicated building rather than within a stationer or other business. This was a sorting office and also members of the public could come here to send and collect letters. We wonder how long they had to queue back then?
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Westminster penny post
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Penny post - Westminster
City of Westminster This building was the site of the Westminster office of ...
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Hugh Mason
Records are sparse but it seems Mason owned a shop in St James's Market and in 1734 was appointed as porter at "His Majesty's Royal Palace of Somerset House". See William Fortnum for a few more wor...
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Smithfield Fish Market opened
Thanks to (C) Peter Gregson for the picture.
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