The Bicentenary
Lt Lapenotiere's 37-hour journey by post chaise and those of the other messengers that followed were commemorated by the inauguration of The Trafalgar Way and by the New Trafalgar Dispatch celebrations in 2005. Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal unveiled a plaque at Falmouth on 4 August 2005 to launch a series of events along the Way.
The Trafalgar Way is now marked by a series of commemorative plaques giving details of his journey and commemorating local people who fought with Nelson at Trafalgar. They can be seen at Falmouth, Penryn, Truro, Fraddon, Bodmin, Launceston, Lifton, Bridestowe Okehampton, Sticklepath, Crockernwell, Tedburn St Mary, Nadderwater, Exeter, Clyst Honiton, Honiton, Wilmington, Kilmington, Axminster, Bridport, Dorchester, Blandford Forum, Woodyates, Salisbury, Andover, Overton, Basingstoke, Hartfordbridge, Camberley, Bagshot, Egham, Staines, Hounslow, Hammersmith, Kensington and finally on the Old Admiralty Building in Whitehall.
The locations shown above in bold type are where he changed horses, and plaques like that at Crockernwell (left) have been erected. Other communities on the route have erected similar plaques to record the passing of the messengers with their sensational news and to commemorate their local men who fought alongside Admiral Lord Nelson at Trafalgar.
The Ordnance Survey produced a special commemorative map, showing the route.
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