 The town contained several coaching inns, public houses and ale houses, leading to court records of some alcohol-induced violence and a certain reputation for excess.Several coaching inns were constructed to accommodate travellers by stagecoach and mail coach.The Angel on Broad Street was one such notable coaching inn, where several passenger and mail coaches departed and arrived on a regular basis every week, including the "Aurora" coach which departed for London (taking 27 hours in 1822).