What is recorded here
A named place photographed at this map point in West Northamptonshire.
Queen Eleanor's Cross in Hardingstone, Northampton, was built by King Edward I in memory of his wife, Queen Eleanor of Castile, around 1291. It is one of several crosses erected along the route of her funeral procession and is significant as a medieval memorial to the queen.
Places near here
Queen Eleanor's CrossChurch, cross or graveyard · 1 yd
Queen Eleanor CrossMonument · 37 yd
The Eleanor CrossListed building · 38 yd
Delapre WoodsWood · 575 yd
Battle of Northampton 1460Registered battlefield · 1165 yd
Hunsbury HillMountain / peak · 1682 yd
Hill FortArchaeological place · 1758 yd
Avon CosmeticsVisitor information · 1.1 mi
Northampton Power StationVisitor information · 1.2 mi
Spirit of the Valley Sculpture at Becket's ParkPublic sculpture · 1.2 mi
Central MuseumMuseum · 1.4 mi
Northampton Castle, remains ofScheduled monument · 1.4 miOther information
Photo: John Apperley · CC BY-SA 2.0