1889. Roadside inns like Chockerup Inn grew up along the routes to service the mail coaches and other travellers.

Some Concord stagecoaches, made by the Abbot-Downing Company of New Hampshire, were imported from the United States . This design was a 'thorough-brace' or 'jack' style coach characterised by an elegant curved lightweight body suspended on two large leather straps, which helped to isolate the passengers