Notes on slides for Talk on

William Brown's

Account Book 1851-8

First page Back Continue Last page Overview Slide

The Coal Business

• A Coal Yard at Tring Station

Notes see earlier slide

In 1837 two things happened. The railway arrived and much of the through road traffic along the turnpike road vanished. This would have been a difficult time for a small posting house such as the Plough - so renting a plot in the railway sidings and diversifying into supplying coal would seem a good idea.