Defiance

This box is from the coach "Defiance" which ran between Aberdeen and Inverness from 1831.

Coaches such as this were capable of carrying four passengers inside and as many as twelve outside. Speed could be in the region of eight to ten miles an hour. The Aberdeen to Inverness run would normally take something like twelve hours in good conditions.

In 1854 the Defiance was running between Aberdeen and Huntly, leaving the city at 11 in the morning, arriving Huntly at 8 in the evening.