THE ELIZABETHAN ERA

Transportation and Travel

By: Jazmin Markey

THE STREETS

The streets during this time period were always

busy. There were constantly people walking around

everywhere. If a space wasn’t occupied by a person,

it was occupied by a horse or a horse and carriage.

The streets were described as “narrow and smelly”.

BY LAND?

By land you say? Yes, almost everyone really did

travel by land. Whether it was on the back of a

horse, in a carriage, or on foot for that matter. But

why use a horse over walking, or choose walking

over a horse? Well why don’t we attempt to figure

this out.

WHO WANTS TO GO FOR A WALK?

It was indeed very common to travel by foot during

this time period. Since there were very few ways of

transportation, almost everything was built in

walking distance. Didn’t have money for a horse or

boat? Well here was your answer.

ANYONE UP FOR A RIDE ON A HORSE?

Another means of transportation during the

Elizabethan Era was riding a horse. It was

considered the fastest because the horse only had to

carry the weight of one person and the horse would

easily be able to fit through small spaces in towns.

CARRIAGE RIDE, ANYONE?

If you weren’t up for a ride on a horse, how about a

ride in a carriage pulled by a horse? If you weren’t in

too much of a rush there were always carriages near

by to help with your transportation needs.

BY WATER

If land isn’t your thing, the maybe you’d prefer

traveling by water. A source of water to travel on

was the Thanes River.

B OAT RIDE ANYONE? ONLY COSTS A PENNY.

A penny you say? Yes, only a penny. If you were

traveling a little bit longer of a distance you may

want to catch a boat ride. Most seemed to find them

much cleaner than traveling through the streets

anyway. They were also considered quite fast.

Without people in your way all of the time, it had to

be faster, right?

AS YOU CAN SEE..

Obviously means of transportation were much

different then what our world offers us now, but you

have to give them some credit. They did work with

what they had without complaining. At least with out

a lot of complaining.

THE RESOURCES I USED WERE:

http://

library.thinkquest.org/TQ0312646/elizabethan_era.ht

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http://www.tomecek.com/jay/EverydayLiving.html

http://http://elizabethan.org/compendium/

http://elizabethan.org/compendium/27.html