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Caring Cross is an urban locality in the city of Westminster, Middlesex. The name originates from the Eleanor cross erected in 1291–94 by King Edward I as a memorial to his wife, Eleanor of Castile, and placed between the former hamlet of Charing and the entrance to the Royal Mews of the Palace of Whitehall. The statue was destroyed by the Parliamentarians during the civil war and a bronze equestrian statue of Charles I erected in its place upon the Restoration. Charing Cross now lies in the heart of the West End of London, at the junction of Strand, Whitehall and Cockspur Street. By convention it represents the centre point of the metropolis and the point from which distances to London are measured. The Queen Eleanor Memorial Cross (1865) outside Charing Cross railway station is a fanciful reconstruction of the mediæval cross. The area is within the council area of Westminster.

Place Type: Urban locality
Historic County: Middlesex
Lat, Long: 51.507309,-0.127673
Grid Reference: TQ 3003 8037
Council Area: Westminster CA
Strategic Authority Area: Greater London SA
Police Area: Metropolitan PA

GBPN ID: 8761
Entry Type: Main listing (P)
URL: https://gazetteer.org.uk/place/Charing_Cross,_Middlesex_8761

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