Eleanor’s Cross, Geddington

Eleanor's Cross in Geddington

Eleanor’s Cross, Geddington

Where is it – East Midlands, England

Who looks after it –  English Heritage 

What is it –  Free access, Memorial, Royal connection 

When is it from – Medieval

Eleanor’s Cross in Geddington is the best preserved of the 3 remaining of the original 12 Eleanor Crosses. King Edward I had these erected to mark each resting place of his beloved wife’s body on its 200-mile journey to London after she died at Harby, near Lincoln, in 1290.  Beginning at Lincoln, crosses were put up at Grantham, Stamford, Geddington, Hardingstone, Stony Stratford, Woburn, Dunstable, St Albans, Waltham and Cheapside. The twelfth and final cross was in the hamlet of Charing, just outside the King’s Palace of Westminster. Geddington’s Eleanor Cross is in the centre of the historic village. The other two surviving crosses are at Hardingstone and Waltham Cross.

 


Address

Bridge Street, Geddington, Northamptonshire, NN14 1AD 

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