The Trafalgar Way - Brentford and Chiswick

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Reference WMO/262041

Address:

The Express Tavern

56 Kew Bridge Road

Brentford

TW8 0EW

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Non freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Board/Plaque/ Tablet
Materials:
  • Metal Metal (any)
Lettering: Inscribed on a plaque
Conflicts:
  • Revolutionary/Napoleonic (1792-1815)
About the memorial: The Trafalgar Way was the route taken to carry news of the Battle of Trafalgar from Falmouth to the Admiralty in London. To commemorate the bicentenary in 2005, this series of plaques were erected along the route. The Brentford & Chiswick plaque was added to the series in September 2009, along with an additional plaque naming local men who served. A rectangular plaque , the longer axis vertical , coated in dark blue enamel with the lettering in white. A border of rope round the outside edge . At top left an outline depiction of a small sailing ship and at top right a four wheeled carriage , the horses not shown . Then the main body of the commemoration below which is an outline map of southern England with the route from Falmouth to London marked with a red line and the names of the way stations shown in capital letters . At the base below the map is the last part of the commemoration . The plaque is in the garden, facing Kew Briidge.
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Upper Plaque-THE/TRAFALGAR WAY /BRENTFORD & CHISWICK/On Monday 21st October 1805 the Royal Navy decisively defeated a combined /French and Spanish fleet off Cape Trafalgar on the south coast of Spain/The victory permanently removed the threat of invasion of England/by the armies of Napoleon Bonaparte/The first official dispatches with the momentous news of the victory, and the /death in action of Vice Admiral Lord Nelson , were carried to England/on board H M Schooner PICKLE by her captain/Lieutenant John Richards Lapenotiere /Lapenotiere landed at Falmouth on Monday 4th November 1805 and set out/"express by post-chaise " for London , following what is now The Trafalgar Way ./He took some 37 hours to cover the 271 mile journey , /changing horses 21 times. The last of these was at Hounslow late at night on/Tuesday 5th. His orders were to lose no time in reaching the Admiralty/so, as the horses were still fresh, he pressed on through fog in/Brentford and Chiswick towards Whitehall./Over the following four weeks other important messages arrived from the fleet/with further details of the victory and anxiously awaited information on casualties./All the dispatches were landed at Falmouth and their couriers followed the same route/through Brentford and Chiswick where horses and hospitality were available/from the inns to all travellers on what is now The Trafalgar Way./ /Erected by Hounslow Borough Council in September 2009 to/commemorate the bicentenary of the Battle, to inaugurate the Trafalgar Way /from Falmouth to London/and /to honour the men of Brentford and /Chiswick who fought for their country at Trafalgar/ (the names of the way stations on the map are as follows FALMOUTH TRURO , FRADDON , BODMIN, LAUNCESTON , OKEHAMPTON , EXETER , CROCKERWELL .HONITON , AXMINSTER , BRIDPORT , DORCHESTER , BLANDFORD FORUM , WOODYATES , SALISBURY , ANDOVER , OVERTON , BASINGSTOKE , HARTFORDBRIDGE , BAGSHOT , STAINES , HOUNSLOW , LONDON , ADMIRALTY); Lower Plaque-MEN OF BRENTFORD & CHSIWICK AT THE BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR AND/THE SHIPS IN WHICH THEY SERVED/[names]/

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