The Post Office
Is situated in Willow-Street. Post-Mistress, Miss Sarah Babington, who has held her appointment since May, 1831. The Post Office was removed from Church-Street to Willow-Street, in October, 1839.
DISPATCH OF LETTERS, &c.
| Lines of Road, and chief Places of Destination. | Letters can be Posted | Letters &c. can be registered until | ||||
| Without extra charge, until | With one additional 1d. stamp, until | |||||
| Shrewsbury, Birmingham, and London taking Letters for all parts of England, North and South Wales, Ireland, Scotland, and Foreign parts | P. | M. | P. | M. | P. | M. |
| 6 | 15 | 6 | 55 | 5 | 45 | |
| Llanymynech, Llanfyllin, Llanrhaiadr, & Rural Post | A. | M. | A. | M. | P. | M. |
| 5 | 45 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
DELIVERY.
| Lines of Road, and chief Places from which Mails are received. | Delivery by Letter Carriers begins at | Delivery to callers begins at | ||
| London, Birmingham, and Shrewsbury, bringing Letters from all parts of England, North and South Wales, Ireland, and Foreign parts | A. | M. | A. | M. |
| 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |
| London, Crewe, Liverpool, Chester, Wrexham, &c. | P. | M. | P. | M. |
| 5 | 0 | 4 | 45 | |
| Llanfyllin and Rural Post | 7 | 15 | 7 | 10 |
On Sundays there is only one Delivery by Letter Carriers (commencing at 8 a.m.), and Letters are delivered at the Window, from 8 until 10 a.m. only.
Regulations.
Ordinary Business:—From the beginning of March to the end of October, this Office is, on Week-days, opened to the Public, for ordinary Business, at 7 a.m., and during the remaining months at half-past 7. It is always closed at 10 p.m. On Sunday the Office is open only from 8 till 10 a.m.; but the Letter Box remains open as on other days.
The inhabitants of Oswestry have now the privilege of receiving letters from London, both by the evening and morning mails. The new postal regulation, by which letters may be posted in London in the evening, after seven o’clock, and up to eight in the morning, is of great importance to tradesmen and others in Oswestry, as it enables them to reply to such letters on the evening on which they are delivered.