You may be aware of Eleanor’s Cross shopping precinct, off High Street North in Dunstable, but are you aware of who Eleanor was and why she had a cross?

This can be viewed in the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Galleries ... Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 2004 Eleanor of Castile by Jean Powrie, 1990 Eleanor of Castile, Essays to commemorate the 700th ...

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.

Eleanor was the elder daughter of William, tenth Duke of Aquitaine. The exact date of her birth is unknown, but she was raised in one of Europe's most cultured courts and given an excellent ...

Judith Rout, Chair of Welland Valley Cycling Club. will be speaking about the history of the Eleanor Crosses, and how they ...

Joan was a daughter of Edward I and his queen Eleanor of Castile and was born at Acre in the spring of 1272. It’s very hard not to be enthusiastic working at the Abbey. If this place doesn’t make you ...

More than 1,500 people have signed a petition calling for the Eleanor Cross to be protected from the elements until repair work gets underway A medieval queen would be "turning in her tomb ...