Site of the Eleanor Cross
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Site of the Eleanor Cross
Image: © Richard Croft Taken: 9 Sep 2007
The tree in the centre stands near the point where Lincoln's Eleanor cross once stood on Swine Green, at the junction of Cross-o-Cliff Hill and Newark Road. 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. Records show that it was repaired by the City authorities in 1624, though it was destroyed during The Civil War about 20 years later. A fragment of a statue of Eleanor was rescued from its use as a footbridge in the 19th century and can now be seen in Lincoln Castle grounds.
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Image Location
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53.212074
Longitude
-0.546853