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Inscription (Upper Wall Plaque)
ADMIRAL LORD NELSON PASSED THROUGH THIS ARCHWAY 14th SEPT. 1805 ON HIS WAY TO THE SEASHORE TO EMBARK FOR THE LAST TIME TO JOIN HIS FLAGSHIP H.M.S.VICTORY AND TAKE COMMAND OF THE BRITISH FLEET AT THE GLORIOUS BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR Inscription (Lower Wall Plaque)
THE ABOVE PLAQUE WAS FORMERLY ABOVE THE PENNY STREET ENTRANCE OF THE GEORGE HOTEL WHICH STOOD ON THIS SITE UNTIL DESTROYED BY ENEMY ACTION IN 1941 THE PLAQUE WAS REPOSITIONED HERE IN 1954. Inscription (Pavement Plaque)
THESE LAMPS MARK THE SITE
OF THE COACH ENTRANCE TO THE GEORGE HOTEL ADMIRAL LORD NELSON RESTED AT THIS OLD POSTING HOUSE ON THE 14TH SEPTEMBER 1805 BEFORE EMBARKING ON HIS FLAGSHIP H.M.S. VISTORY
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