 The introduction of the rail service further eroded the towns main coaching inns (the Swan and Talbot and the Angel) as local transport centres.Despite this the number of inns in the town remained almost unchanged from sixteen in 1837 to fifteen by 1861.Despite this, many innkeepers were forced to seek supplementary incomes including an agricultural machinist (Blacksmiths Arms), carrier (Crown Inn), wheelwright (Fox Inn), purveyor of wines and spirits (Red Lion), farmer (White Hart) and a blacksmith (White Horse).