Eleanor Cross Plaque
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Eleanor Cross Plaque
Image: © Richard Croft Taken: 20 Sep 2007
Plaque on St.Albans clock tower http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/567453 Following the death of Queen Eleanor in Harby, Notts on 28th November 1290, King Edward I erected an 'Eleanor Cross' at each of the places her funeral cortege stayed overnight on the way to Westminster. St.Albans Abbey received the Queen’s body for the night of 13th December 1290 where the bier was placed before the high altar of the monastery “where it was during the whole night honoured with sacred offices performed with the utmost devotion”. The cross survived at least until 1640 and its base until 1702 though a year later the site had been cleared.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.751589
Longitude
-0.340376