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Slade Close, KETTERING, NN14 1BL

Apparently the best of three surviving crosses, circa 1290, erected on the orders of Edward I, to commemorate each resting place of the funeral cortege bringing Eleanor's body to Westminster Abbey from Lincoln Cathedral.

The path along the western side of the churchyard of Image] at Geddington.

The majority of the graves are on the north side of the church. For more about the church, see http://www.geddington.net/church/history.htm

The churchyard. The Anglican parish church of St Mary Magdalene has Anglo-Saxon origins. There are parts from the 12th, 13th and 14th centuries. The tower was heightened and there were other alterations in the 15th century. The church was restored and the porch added in the 19th century. There was another restoration in 1904-6. Constructed of coursed limestone rubble with ashlar roofs, probably of lead. Listed, grade I, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1052076 Geddington is a village in Northamptonshire, on the main road between Kettering, about 3 miles southwest, and Corby, about 4 miles north. The River Ise runs through the village and is crossed by a medieval bridge. There is evidence of Iron Age, Roman and Saxon occupation. The village is home to the best preserved Eleanor cross of the three remaining. A Royal hunting lodge once stood to the north of the village but no trace remains.

A former farmhouse, Hill Crest House, number 4 Church Hill, was built in the 17th century, or possibly earlier with alterations in the late 19th century. Constructed of coursed rubble stone and squared, coursed limestone under a Collyweston stone slate roof. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1191692 Geddington is a village in Northamptonshire, on the main road between Kettering, about 3 miles southwest, and Corby, about 4 miles north. The River Ise runs through the village and is crossed by a medieval bridge. There is evidence of Iron Age, Roman and Saxon occupation. The village is home to the best preserved Eleanor cross of the three remaining. A Royal hunting lodge once stood to the north of the village but no trace remains.

Although the rest of the row is built of the same pale limestone as most of the rest of the village, the end gable is of toast-coloured ironstone. For more about the church, see http://www.geddington.net/church/history.htm