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Arthur Wellesley and Albion Hotel blue plaque

Blue plaque

Overview

Arthur Wellesley and Albion Hotel blue plaque is recorded as Blue plaque in England Cheshire West And Chester. This blue commemorative plaque records: Park House. Built as a private residence in 1715.

Why it was made

The saved account records: This blue commemorative plaque records: Park House.

People and events

The saved account records: Built as a private residence in 1715.

How it worked

The saved account records: Park House became the fashionable Albion Hotel in the early 19th Century.

What remains

The saved account records: The Duke of Wellington stayed here in 1820.

Why it mattered

Arthur Wellesley and Albion Hotel blue plaque matters because its inscription ties a person, group, event or old local practice to this exact place. The source records: Park House. Built as a private residence in 1715. Park House became the fashionable Albion Hotel in the early 19th Century. The Duke of Wellington stayed here in 1820. The hotel, with large pleasure gardens behind closed in 1865, since when the building has had many different uses. The importance lies in the life remembered here, not in the plaque as a piece of metal.

History checked 15 August 2026 against the named sources below.

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