Coronation Stone, Kingston Upon Thames
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Coronation Stone, Kingston Upon Thames
Image: © Philip Halling Taken: 3 Sep 2011
On this stone seven Saxon kings of England are believed to have been crown, they were: the Elder, Athelstan, Edmund, Edred, Edwy, Edward the Martyr, and Ethelred. It used to be kept in the Saxon Chapel of St Mary until it collapsed in the 1730s, since 1935, it has been in situ beside the Guildhall.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.408416
Longitude
-0.306819