The Coachman's Plaque

Earlier this year my friend Joël pointed out a historical curiosity in Le Grand Pressigny. Fixed to a corner of a house there is a metal plaque.

It is a coachman's plaque, still in place at the corner of the street where the Relais de Poste was a stopover on the Le Grand-Pressigny route.  Placed at the right height to be read by the coachman and the drivers of horse drawn vehicles in general, who were perched up high, it still shows us the route the stage coach took.

The route was designated as the Chemin de Grande Circulation No 13 in the 19th century, running between Chatillon sur Indre and La Guerche. Today that route is the D(épartementale)13.