What is recorded here
This green commemorative plaque records: City Arms. Site of North Gate of Saxon Town. Formerly the Town House of the Duke of Norfolk, this became the City Arms Hotel and Nelson stayed here 23rd August 1802 Recorded plaque organisation: City of Hereford.
Admiral Horatio Nelson, a British naval hero renowned for his victories at the Battle of Trafalgar and the Nile, stayed at the City Arms Hotel in Hereford on August 23, 1802. Duke Henry Howard, associated with the former Town House of the Duke of Norfolk, is remembered as part of the local aristocratic lineage that significantly influenced Hereford's historical landscape.
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