Eleanor Cross  by rjb71

Eleanor Cross

The Eleanor crosses were a series of twelve stone monuments topped with tall crosses, erected between 1291 and 1294 by King Edward I in memory of his wife Eleanor of Castile, they mark the nightly resting-places along the route when her body was transported from Lincoln to London. This one is in the village of Geddington near Kettering in Northamptonshire. You don't find many people wandering around photographing it at 7am on their way to work!
Beautiful blue hour shot.
January 9th, 2019  
Lovely shot
January 9th, 2019  
Great for all your tags!!
January 9th, 2019  
looks very 3D, lovely
January 9th, 2019  
Lovely shot & interesting info.
January 9th, 2019  
Oh Richard this is spectacular.
January 9th, 2019  
a beautiful piece of history
January 10th, 2019  
Great capture and information
January 10th, 2019  
Like how this is lit
January 10th, 2019  
I do like a monument!
And I particularly like the "things365makesyoudo!" tag :)
January 10th, 2019  
Your 7 a.m. timing is perfect; it meant there were no others wandering into the scene. Nice lighting.
January 10th, 2019  
Great use of lighting.
January 10th, 2019  
Fabulous history
January 10th, 2019  
Beautiful and Interesting info!
January 10th, 2019  
This Eleanor Cross is lovely, it's so complete - having just looked it up, the most complete and best preserved of the three original crosses surviving. I grew up knowing about these crosses as I used to live near the plaque marking the site, dubiously, of a cross at Stony Stratford and drive past the intact cross outside Delapre Abbey in Northampton regularly (second surviving cross). Where I am now, I know the Waltham Cross, the last of the three original complete crosses, albeit restored, but that one is sad because it is netted against pigeons. There is a massive cross at Charing Cross which is a larger Victorian replacement which isn't even in the right place! Charing Cross and Waltham Cross were named after the crosses.
January 10th, 2019  
Amazing :)
January 10th, 2019  
Well captured with the great details . Lovely history that goes with these crosses.
January 10th, 2019  
Nice capture :)
January 10th, 2019  
A lovely capture. It looks in better condition than the Northampton Cross
January 10th, 2019  
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