# Early Carriages and Roads

Author: Gilbey, Walter, Sir, 1831-1914

Genre: Category: History - British

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/66597

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Early+Carriages+and+Roads+Gilbey&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

Only some three hundred and fifty years have elapsed since wheeled conveyances for passengers came into use in England; but, once introduced, they rapidly found favour with all classes of society, more especially in cities. The progress of road-making and that of light horse-breeding are so intimately connected with the development of carriages and coaches that it is difficult to dissociate the three. In the early days of wheeled traffic the roads of our country were utterly unworthy of the name, being, more particularly in wet weather, such quagmires that they were often impassable.

## Chapters

- [Part 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/early-carriages-and-roads-66597/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Part 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/early-carriages-and-roads-66597/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Part 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/early-carriages-and-roads-66597/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Part 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/early-carriages-and-roads-66597/chapters/6/index.md)
- [Part 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/early-carriages-and-roads-66597/chapters/5/index.md)
- [Part 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/early-carriages-and-roads-66597/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Part 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/early-carriages-and-roads-66597/chapters/7/index.md)