The Packet Memorial - The Moor, Falmouth, Cornwall, UK
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N 50° 09.293 W 005° 04.347
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A granite Obelisk (pinnacle) set within a small roundabout, within the square of Falmouth town. Dedicated to the men who sailed from the Royal Mail Packing Packing Station
Waymark Code: WM16DE8
Location: South West England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 07/06/2022
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From 1688 Falmouth was made the Royal Mail packet station. Ships carried mail all over the world and as a result, Falmouth boomed. It grew into a fairly important town
In 1688, the town was named as the Royal Mail Packet Station. Its role was central to the transportation of mail destined for Spain and the Mediterranean as far east as Egypt. By 1763, Falmouth was also the Packet Station for trans-Atlantic mail, from Halifax in North America to Surinam in South America.
At its peak, some 30 Packet ships operated from Falmouth Packet Station. Consequently, the town prospered, quickly outgrowing the nearby market town of Penryn. In 1785, a mail coach was set up from London to Exeter, stopping here and greatly improving communications.
Height: 10 meters approx
Illuminated: no
Date Created/Placed: Not listed
Address: Not listed
Website: Not listed
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