The Trafalgar Hotel, West Quay, Ramsey, Isle of Man
Posted by: Mike_bjm
N 54° 19.320 W 004° 22.908
30U E 410126 N 6020228
Pub sign for The Trafalgar Hotel on West Quay, Ramsey Isle of Man shows a stylised picture of Admiral Lord Nelson.
Waymark Code: WMTPTF
Location: Isle of Man
Date Posted: 12/26/2016
Views: 4
"The signs by which Manx [Isle of Man] innkeepers chose to have their houses known differed considerably from the general run of such signs in England. Names connected with Royalty, for instance, were very few; and so were those of the nation's great admirals or generals. Three battles only were commemorated Trafalgar, Waterloo an Alma.
Source: Old Inns and Coffee-Houses of the Isle of Man
Neil Mathieson, F.S.A. Scot.
Name of Artist: Not listed
Date of current sign: Not listed
Date of first pub on site: Not listed
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