Meg Twycross's 1978 study of the location and number of stations attempted
to place as many stations as possible. She noted that, while we cannot
locate every station with certainty, our knowledge of the pageant route
allows us to place unlocatable stations between the stations that we can
pin down. I ran PSim several times with data representing the 10 stations
recorded in 1462, the 12 regular stations for 1438, the 14 stations listed
for 1521, and the 16 stations listed for 1554. Rogerson 's investigation
of the travel distance between each of the stations resulted in an overall
distance that required an estimated 38 minutes of travel time (Dorrell,
table, 97). A greater number of stops along the route would require the
wagons to slow down and start up again more frequently, marginally reducing
their average speed, and therefore increasing the estimated travel time;
however, I have retained the 38 minute figure for all variations of the
pageant route.
Table 2: Extrapolating distance
between varying numbers of stations, based on Rogerson's estimates for distance between the twelve standard stations.
10 Stations
12 Stations
14 Stations
16 Stations
Trinity Priory
1
1
1
1
Mickelgate W
2 (3:00)
2 (3:00)
2 (3:00)
2 (3:00)
Mickelgate E
3 (2:00)
3 (2:00)
3 (2:00)
3 (2:00)
Ousegate W
4 (2:00)
4 (2:00)
4 (2:00)
4 (2:00)
Lower Ousegate
5 (2:30)
5 (2:30)
St. Michael
5 (5:00)
6 (2:30)
6 (2:30)
Jubbergate
5 (7:00)
6 (2:00)
7 (2:00)
7 (2:00)
Coney Street
6 (3:00)
7 (3:00)
8 (3:00)
8 (3:00)
Common Hall
7 (5:00)
8 (5:00)
9 (5:00)
9 (5:00)
Stonegate
8 (3:00)
9 (3:00)
10 (3:00)
10 (3:00)
Minster
10 (4:00)
11 (4:00)
11 (4:00)
Petergate
12 (2:00)
12 (2:00)
Goodram Gate
9 (8:00)
11 (4:00)
13 (2:00)
13 (2:00)
Colliergate N
14 (1:40)
Colliergate S
15 (1:40)
Pavement
10 (5:00)
12 (5:00)
14 (5:00)
16 (1:40)
Totals
(38:00)
(38:00)
(38:00)
(38:00)
Times, in the format (minutes:seconds), are based
on Rogerson's estimates. When there is no performance at a given station
(as is the case with "St. Michael" in the "10 Stations" column), the travel
time required to reach the missing station is added to the travel time
required to reach the next station. When an extra station is added (as
in the case of Petergate, which does not appear in the "12 Station" column,
but does appear in the next two columns), the travel time is estimated
based on the known figures. The total travel time for each column remains
the same (38 minutes).