Delivery of Stockings in Hinckley
Hosiers with goods to sell would travel the country on horseback and continue their journey until all goods were sold.
A National Gazetteer of 1807 states: "Hinckley Canal barges lie at Booke's Wharf, Greenhithe and a wagon sets out from the White Horse Cripplegate, every Monday and Wednesday at noon". If the Hinckley manufacturer was too late for the canal boat leaving the Hinckley Canal Wharf, they would take the stockings on the Wharf at Chilvers Coton. The man who owned the Hinckley Canal Wharf named his villa "Port House".
After the construction of the Trent Valley railway line to Nuneaton, before the opening of the branch line to Leicester, goods were delivered by road to Nuneaton station.
For many years Hinckley was in direct touch with London by the Mail Coach that ran from London to Chester via Lutterworth and Hinckley. Small consignments and urgent orders were doubtless sent that way.
The rail link between Nuneaton and Hinckley opened in1862, and between Hinckley and Leicester on January 1st 1864. Two operating companies. the London and North Western Railways and the Midland Railways were given the running powers over the line. In 1871 a railway was made between Hinckley and Stoke Golding. Stockings knitted in Hinckley were despatched daily by rail to all parts.
Extracts from "The Cradle & Home of the Hosiery Trade" 1940 and "History of Hinckley" Francis 1930
A National Gazetteer of 1807 states: "Hinckley Canal barges lie at Booke's Wharf, Greenhithe and a wagon sets out from the White Horse Cripplegate, every Monday and Wednesday at noon". If the Hinckley manufacturer was too late for the canal boat leaving the Hinckley Canal Wharf, they would take the stockings on the Wharf at Chilvers Coton. The man who owned the Hinckley Canal Wharf named his villa "Port House".
After the construction of the Trent Valley railway line to Nuneaton, before the opening of the branch line to Leicester, goods were delivered by road to Nuneaton station.
For many years Hinckley was in direct touch with London by the Mail Coach that ran from London to Chester via Lutterworth and Hinckley. Small consignments and urgent orders were doubtless sent that way.
The rail link between Nuneaton and Hinckley opened in1862, and between Hinckley and Leicester on January 1st 1864. Two operating companies. the London and North Western Railways and the Midland Railways were given the running powers over the line. In 1871 a railway was made between Hinckley and Stoke Golding. Stockings knitted in Hinckley were despatched daily by rail to all parts.
Extracts from "The Cradle & Home of the Hosiery Trade" 1940 and "History of Hinckley" Francis 1930