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Her Majesty's Mails
·
William Lewins
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The
improvements
introduced
by
the
bill
of
1710
had
the
natural
effect
of
increasing
the
importance
of
the
Post-Office
institution,
and
of
adding
to
the
available
revenue
of
the
country
considerable
sums
each
year.
For
ten
years
no
further
steps
were
taken
to
develop
the
resources
of
the
service;
but
in
1720
Ralph
Allen
appears,
another
and
perhaps
the
most
fortunate
of
all
the
improvers
of
the
Post-Office.
Up
to
this
year,
the
lines
of
post
had
branched
off,
from
London
and
Edinburgh
respectively,
on
to
the
principal
roads
of
the
two
kingdoms;
but
the
"cross-posts,"
even
when
established,
had
not
been
efficient,
the
towns
off
the
main
line
of
road
not
being
well
served,
whilst
some
districts
had
no
direct
communication
through
them.
The
Post-Office
Bill
had
given
facilities
for
the
establishment
of
more
"cross-posts;"
but,
till
1720,
the
authorities
did
not
avail
themselves
of
its
provisions
to
any
great
extent.
Mr.
Allen,
at
that
time
the
postmaster
of
Bath,
and
who
must,
from
his
position,
have
been
well
aware
of
the
defects
of
the
existing
system,
proposed
to
the
Government
to
establish
cross-posts
between
Exeter
and
Chester,
going
by
way
of
Bristol,
Gloucester,
and
Worcester,
connecting
in
this
way
the
west
of
England
with
the
Lancashire
districts
and
the
mail
route
to
Ireland,
and
giving
independent
postal
intercommunication
to
all
the
important
towns
lying
in
the
direction
to
be
taken.
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