Sunday 23 October 2022

Stoke(-sub-Hamdon) in the Penny Posts of Ilminster and Yeovil

Stoke(-sub-Hamdon) had the boxed "No.2" receiving house handstamp in the Ilminster Penny Post and the Yeovil Penny Post.  It was also in the South Petherton Penny Post but with very small volumes.  In the Report of the Select Committee of 1838, Stoke had an annual revenue of £42 in the Yeovil PP, £3 in the Ilminster PP, and £1-5s-7d in the South Petherton PP.

Here are examples in the Ilminster PP (1832 & undated) and in the Yeovil PP (1832).  The first entire was written at Martock (2 miles north of Stoke) to Kingsbridge, while the other two examples were written at East Stoke and addressed to Chard.  The natural route from Stoke-sub-Hamdon to Chard would seem to be via Ilminster rather than via Yeovil.





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