Coaching Inns, during the Victorian Era, acted with various means during this time. They primarily acted as a mode for long-distance travel and would usually be spaced out from each other every seven to ten miles in England (“Coaching Inns in Early 19th Century England”). Additionally, they also acted as a means of connecting the Royal Mail, and they also completed other services (“Coaching Inns in Early 19th Century England”). Such services included providing fresh horses to travelers, as well as they acted as a general means of restaurant, hotel, and repair shop (“Coaching Inns in Early 19th Century England”).

By researching such a topic, I can better understand Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre: An Autobiography because I am able to better understand the notions of travel presented within the text. Multiple times, it is mentioned how Jane travels to various places for the sake of plot development, and along with this; Rochester Arms is an inn that holds a very important element to the end of the novel, itself. While I have certainly read of inns in the past, I was unaware of just how practical they were during this time, and even more so now that I have perspective regarding them in this story.

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“Coaching Inns in Early 19th Century England.” https://englishhistoryauthors.blogspot.com/2016/12/coaching-inns-in-earl....