TQ3880 : Blackwall: The Virginia Settlers' Memorial & the Virginia Quay
Poplar, Tower Hamlets, Great Britain

Blackwall: The Virginia Settlers' Memorial & the Virginia Quay
On the marble base of the memorial it reads:
VIRGINIA QUAY
The Virginia Settlers' Memorial Tablet was
unveiled in 1928 on the wall of
Brunswick House which formerly stood
about 100 yards to the west of this point.
In 1999 Barratt Homes Limited reinstated
this monument and commissioned
"The Mariner's Astrolabe"
by Wendy Taylor CBE.
The tablet itself reads:
From near this spot
December 19, 1606
sailed with 105 "Adventurers"
the "Susan Constant", 100 tons,
Capt. Christopher Newport
in supreme command
the "Godspeed", 40 tons,
Capt. Bartholomew Gosnold
the "Discovery", 20 tons,
Capt. John Ratcliffe
landed at Cape Henry, Virginia
April 26, 1607
arrived at Jamestown, Virginia
May 13, 1607
where these "Adventurers"
founded the first permanent
English colony in America
Under the leadership of the
intrepid Capt. John Smith,
Edward Maria Wingfield,
President of the Council,
the Reverend Robert Hunt,
and others
at Jamestown, July 30, 1619 was
convened the first representative
assembly in America.
Erected by the Association for
the Preservation of Virginia antiquities
in 1928
in commemoration
VIRGINIA QUAY
The Virginia Settlers' Memorial Tablet was
unveiled in 1928 on the wall of
Brunswick House which formerly stood
about 100 yards to the west of this point.
In 1999 Barratt Homes Limited reinstated
this monument and commissioned
"The Mariner's Astrolabe"
by Wendy Taylor CBE.
The tablet itself reads:
From near this spot
December 19, 1606
sailed with 105 "Adventurers"
the "Susan Constant", 100 tons,
Capt. Christopher Newport
in supreme command
the "Godspeed", 40 tons,
Capt. Bartholomew Gosnold
the "Discovery", 20 tons,
Capt. John Ratcliffe
landed at Cape Henry, Virginia
April 26, 1607
arrived at Jamestown, Virginia
May 13, 1607
where these "Adventurers"
founded the first permanent
English colony in America
Under the leadership of the
intrepid Capt. John Smith,
Edward Maria Wingfield,
President of the Council,
the Reverend Robert Hunt,
and others
at Jamestown, July 30, 1619 was
convened the first representative
assembly in America.
Erected by the Association for
the Preservation of Virginia antiquities
in 1928
in commemoration
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- TQ3880, 27 images (find more images nearby)
- Photographer
- Nigel Cox (find more nearby)
- Image classification
- Geograph
- Date Taken
- Thursday, 1 May, 2008
- Submitted
- Tuesday, 6 May, 2008
- Category
- Memorial (find more nearby)
- Subject Location
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OSGB36:
TQ 389 806 [100m precision]
WGS84: 51:30.4360N 0:0.0019E - Photographer Location
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OSGB36:
TQ 389 806 - View Direction
- Northeast (about 45 degrees)
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