James Bisset, A Poetic Survey Round Birmingham… (1800)
“ William Phillips's London Waggon, arrives at his Warehouse, at the Red Lion Inn, Digbeth, Birmingham, every Tuesday: returns Wednesday about Noon, to the George Inn, Snowhill, London. Those Gentlemen whose Names were sent too late for Insertion, will appear either in the Grand National Directory and Universal Register, or in an Appendix to the present Work. ↑ Respectable Strangers may gain free Admission to most of the Manufacturers in Birmingham, by applying to the respective Proprietors. ”
