Inscription on the Brentford Monument

The monument consist of 2 granite drums set on top of each other. There are spaces for 4 inscriptions on each drum.

A top, facing Supermarket :
B.C. 54
AT THIS
ANCIENT FORTIFIED FORD
THE BRITISH TRIBESMEN
VNDER CASSIVELLAVNVS BRAVELY OPPOSED
JVLIVS CAESAR
ON HIS MARCH TO
VERVLAMIVM
B top, facing High Street :

A.D. 780-1
NEAR BY
OFFA
KING OF MERCIA,
WITH HIS QVEEN
THE BISHOPS AND
PRINCIPAL OFFICERS HELD
A COVNCIL OF THE CHVRCH
C top, facing Alexandra Road :

A.D. 1016
HERE
EDMVND IRONSIDE
KING OF ENGLAND,
DROVE CNVT AND HIS
DEFEATED DANES ACROSS
THE THAMES
D top, facing County Court :

A.D. 1642
CLOSE BY
WAS FOVGHT
THE BATTLE OF BRENTFORD
BETWEEN THE FORCES OF
KING CHARLES I
AND
THE PARLIAMENT
A bottom originally below A top, now below D top facing County Court :

A.D. 1909
THE IDENTITY OF THE PLACE
HAS BEEN RECENTLY ESTABLISHED
BY THE DISCOVERY OF THE
REMAINS OF LINES OF OAK PALISADES
EXTENDING BOTH ALONG THIS BANK
AND IN THE BED OF THE RIVER
AND BROVGHT TO PVBLIC NOTICE BY
MONTAGV SHARPE ESQ D.L.
CHAIRMAN
OF QVARTER SESSIONS AND COVNTY COVNCIL OF
MIDDLESEX.
B bottom originally below B top, now below A top facing Supermarket :
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C bottom originally below C top, now below B top facing High Street :

A.D. 1909
TO COMMEMORATE
THESE HISTORICAL EVENTS
THIS STONE WAS ERECTED BY
THE BRENTFORD COVNCIL
EVAN PHILLIPS, J.P. CHAIRMAN
JNO J. DOREY, VICE-CHAIRMAN
W. BRADLEY, H.NEWENS,
J. CLEMENTS, W. NOY,
W. J. GOMM, C. E. SAVNDERS,
G. LAMB, J.T.TAYLOR J.P.C.C,
J. B. MILBVRN, H. WALTER M.D,
T. LAYTON. F.S.A, CHN. LIBY. COM,
J.W.CROXFORD, C.E.S. WOODBRIDGE. CLERK
D bottom originally below D top, now below C top facing Alexandra Road :
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Inscription draft courtesy of Diana Willment