Sarah Mountain

Sarah Ann Mountain (1769/70 – 8 February 1842) was a British coach, mail and inn proprietor. She ran the Saracen's Head and the last coach from Bristol to London.

Early life and career She was born in the United Kingdom around 1770 and by 1790 she was married to Butler William Mountain who was about ten years older than her. Her husband's family ran the Swan with Two Necks coaching inn and by 1808 they owned the Saracen's Head in Snow Hill, London.

By 1827, Mountain's son, Peter, was acting as the manager of the business. The business made coaches on site, operated fifteen coaches every day and they had 200 horses. The Tally-Ho would leave at 7:45 and take eleven hours to reach the Swan Hotel in Birmingham.

Mountain tried to keep her stage coaches running as long as possible, despite the growing competition from railways. The last coach to transport people between Bristol and London was part owned by Mountain. Mountain died in Croydon in 1842 leaving her business to her son, Peter.

Family life She and her husband had more than six children between 1790 and 1812.