Claire BarnesDec 4, 2024

"A testament to the strength of affection of a husband to his wife, as well as an elaborate display of royal power": https://blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanuscripts/2024/11/the-eleanor-crosses.html

#EdwardI #EleanorOfCastile #EleanorCross #13thCentury #medieval #MedievalWomen #WalthamCross #CharingCross #BritishLibrary @medievodons

DBOct 17, 2023
Pilgrims come to Waltham Cross to stand on the stone laid by Councillor K.A.Ayling, Leader of Broxbourne Council, on completion of the piazza scheme in 2007 [2]. If they look up they may also notice the plaque [1] and a stone cross erected in 1294 by Edward I to mark a resting place of the hearse carrying his first wife Eleanor of Castile.



The proximity of these two historical events is quite moving.

#walthamcross #eleanorcross #queeneleanor #councillorayling
kcmNov 13, 2022

There seems to be nothing here yet about the Eleanor Crosses -- so let's fix that.

I'll start with a link to the text of a talk given by my father RE (Bob) Marshall to Cheshunt WEA in or shortly after 1953. In reading it bear in mind its age and that historical research has moved on, so current knowledge may differ from what is presented here.
https://zenmischief.com/wp-content/uploads/The_Eleanor_Crosses_by_RE_Marshall.pdf
#EleanorCrosses #EleanorCross