What made Eleanor Cross?
Probably that she was dead. The story of the twelve crosses was that they were erected by Kind Edward I in memory of his wife (conveniently called Eleanor) as they processed her body from Lincoln to London, at the end of the 13th Century. This one, at Charing Cross, is a Victorian "improved" replica, and is the point to which all distances to London are measured.
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IanVisits said ... (09:26) :
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Chris said ... (17:17) :
post a commentWorth noting that the original cross stood just to the south of Trafalgar Square, where the statue of King Charles I now stands.
Fantastically ornate piece.
Now I need to read up about those twelve crosses.
they were originally referred to as "chere reine" crosses, since degraded int "charing" in some places. like this one.
Beautiful!