Download or read book Antiquities of Sunderland and Its Vicinity (Classic Reprint) written by Sunderland Antiquarian Society and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-09-18 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Antiquities of Sunderland and Its Vicinity Prior to the introduction of The Penny Post in 1839 the development of Postal Work was extremely slow, owing princi pally to the prohibitive rates charged for postage, which then varied according to distance as much as 1 [4 being charged for the conveyance of a letter of a single sheet. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.