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Description: | Geddington Eleanor Cross, a standing stone cross erected at the end of the 13th century in memory of Eleanor of Castile, wife of Edward I. Queen Eleanor died on 28 November 1290 at Harby, Nottinghamshire, and her funeral procession passed from Lincoln to Westminster in December. The cross at Geddington marks the resting place of Queen Eleanor's body on the night of 6-7 December 1290. The cross is situated over a conduit at the junction of three roads in the centre on the village. It is spire-shaped and includes a stepped base, plinth and spire. The plinth was altered in 1892 when the original eight steps were replaced by the present seven. The spire of the cross takes the form of a tall pinnacle of three receding stages. It is constructed of local limestone, principally Weldon stone with string courses and weatherings of Stanion stone. Above the spire formerly stood the terminal of the cross, now missing. On the south west side of the cross, immediately abutting the lowest step is a conduit house, built in 1769 and restored in 1868. Of the 12 Eleanor crosses erected at the end of the 13th century only three still stand. The cross at Geddington is the best preserved of these. It is also unusual in its incorporation of a public water supply within a royal memorial. Scheduled and Listed Grade I. | Subjects: | Eleanor Cross Religious Ritual And Funerary Conduit House Commemorative Water Supply And Drainage | Source: | English Heritage - Viewfinder | Creator: | National Monuments Record | Identifier: | http://pastscape.english-heritage.org.uk... | Language: | en | Go to resource |
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