Eleanor of Castile. She was born about 1241 and died at Harby in Nottinghamshire in November 1290. Her body was embalmed and Edward erected stone memorial crosses at the places where her funeral ...

Lincoln Cathedral was the first edifice to supplant Giza's Great Pyramid as the world's tallest construction. ... Eleanor of Castile. Unusually, ... When Eleanor died in 1290, near Lincoln, ...

Queen Eleanor of Castile, wife of King Edward I of England ("Longshanks"), died at Harby in Notts. in 1290. The Queen's body was taken to Lincoln and thence to London for burial at Westminster Abbey.

Queen Eleanor's tomb lies in Lincoln cathedral. Cathedral guide Doreen Boughton believes that by spreading tombs and monuments across the country, King Edward attempted to share his grief with the ...

The original Eleanor's Cross was built by Edward I in the 13th Century A 145-year-old monument in Charing Cross, which was classed At Risk by the English Heritage, has been unveiled following ...

Queen Eleanor of Castile, wife of King Edward I of England ("Longshanks"), died at Harby in Notts. in 1290. The Queen's body was taken to Lincoln and thence to London for burial at Westminster Abbey.