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The Eleanor crosses were a series of twelve tall and lavishly decorated stone monuments topped with crosses erected in a line down part of the east of England. King Edward I had them built between 1291 and about 1295 in memory of his beloved wife Eleanor of Castile. The King and Queen had been married for 36 years and she stayed by the King's side through his many travels. While on a royal progress, she died in the East Midlands in November 1290. The crosses, erected in her memory, marked the nightly resting-places along the route taken when her body was transported to Westminster Abbey near London.
Eleanor of Castile, Queen Consort of England 1272–1290
Illumination from the Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry (c. 1412–1416) depicting a cross possibly representing one of the montjoies of Louis IX
The surviving fragment of the Lincoln cross
Charing Cross railway station is a central London railway terminus between the Strand and Hungerford Bridge in the City of Westminster. It is the terminus of the Southeastern Main Lines to Dover via Ashford and Hastings via Tunbridge Wells. All trains are operated by Southeastern, which provides the majority of commuter and regional services to south-east London and Kent. It is connected to Charing Cross Underground station and is near to Embankment Underground station and Embankment Pier.
Approach tracks across the River Thames
Trains to and from Charing Cross go over Hungerford Bridge to cross the River Thames.
The front entrance of Charing Cross station in a 19th-century print. The reimagined Charing Cross is in front of the Charing Cross Hotel.
A replica of the Eleanor Cross in Charing Cross station forecourt