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<< Text Pages >> Broken Cross (Westminster) - Ancient Cross in England in Greater London

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Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: Broken Cross (Westminster)
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 0.509 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Greater London Type: Ancient Cross
Nearest Town: Westminster
Map Ref: TQ322812
Latitude: 51.514265N  Longitude: 0.096226W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
no data Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
no data Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Ancient Cross in Greater London

Details of this intriguing cross, which might have been placed on the site of standing stone which previously stood there, can be found on The Northern Antiquarian (TNA) - see their entry for Broken Cross, Westminster, London, Middlesex.

TNA tell us that this cross was destroyed way back in the 14th century, but was “erected by the Earl of Gloucester in the reign of Henry III (1216-1272), but it did not stand very long.  Its site is said to have been ‘the place of the meeting of the Folkmote…near St. Martin’s-le-Grand, about midway between the Northgate of the precinct (of St. Paul’s) and the church of St. Vedast.’  On 5th September 1379, agreements were drawn up for letting the stations about the Broken Cross to five divers persons.  The cross was bodily taken down in 1390 (and would have been very close to Cheapside)."

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TQ3281 : Cheapside, EC2 by Danny P Robinson
by Danny P Robinson
©2007(licence)
TQ3281 : Tower, St Vedast alias Foster, Foster Lane, City of London by Jim Osley
by Jim Osley
©2010(licence)
TQ3281 : View from One New Change Shopping Centre, Cheapside, London EC2 by Christine Matthews
by Christine Matthews
©2011(licence)
TQ3281 : View from New Change Shopping Centre, Cheapside, London EC2 by Christine Matthews
by Christine Matthews
©2011(licence)
TQ3281 : The City: not as the crow flies (99) by Basher Eyre
by Basher Eyre
©2023(licence)

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