Eleanor Cross, Geddington Kettering Northamptonshire
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The Eleanor Cross, Geddington
This short piece of footage documents the beautifully historic Eleanor Cross in the village of Geddington in Northamptonshire.
When Eleanor of Castile, the first wife of Edward I, died at Harby, near Lincoln, in 1290, the grief-stricken king was driven to create the most elaborate series of funerary monuments to any queen of England. He ordered the building of 12 elegant crosses to mark each of the resting places of his wife's funeral procession as it travelled from Lincoln to her burial place at Westminster Abbey, London. The best-preserved of these lies here at the centre of the little village of Geddington.
Edward had married Eleanor, daughter of Ferdinand III of Castile, in 1254. Their marriage was politically unpopular, yet notably successful in personal terms, and the couple had 16 children. They were rarely apart, and Eleanor even travelled with Edward on Crusade to the Holy Land. At her death, aged 47, on 28 November 1290, she had been accompanying Edward on his way north to fight the Scots.
The cross at Geddington was erected opposite St Mary Magdalene Church, where the cortège had rested on the night of 6 December 1290, next to a royal hunting lodge. Until the Reformation, prayers were said at all the crosses on the anniversary of Queen Eleanor's death; a mass is still said annually for her at Geddington. Of the original 12 crosses, only two others remain: one at Hardingstone, near Northampton, and another -- heavily restored -- in Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire. A replica cross was built on the site of a lost original at Charing Cross, London, in 1863. Queen Eleanor's gilded bronze effigy can still be seen in Westminster Abbey.
The Geddington cross is different from the typical stone crosses that once stood in nearly every city, town and village in England. These took various forms and served many social and religious functions. Many were destroyed during or after the Reformation. Spire-shaped crosses, of which the Eleanor Crosses are the most famous, are unusual.
With its subtle geometry and rich decoration, the Eleanor Cross is an outstanding example of late 13th century stone carving. It was built in the new, highly ornamental English Decorated style, using local limestone. Intricately carved with floral patterns, the slender cross is triangular in plan and stands nearly 12.8 metres (42 feet) tall. It is built in three tiers. Below the tapering pinnacle at the top are three canopied niches, each containing a Caen stone figure of Eleanor. Beneath these figures are six shields, two on each face, bearing the arms of Castile, Leon, England, and Ponthieu in France, of which Eleanor was countess. Originally, the pinnacle was crowned by a cross.
Filmed on my Sony Cybershot DSC-H55 digital camera on 18th January 2014.
Eleanor Cross at Geddington
Edward I (1272-1307) erected a cross at each of the 12 towns where the body of his wife, Eleanor of Castile, rested overnight en route from Lincoln to Westminster Abbey.
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By a busy road, it is a little noisy near the monument, which is one
of a line marking the funeral procession of Edward I's queen. The
size of these monuments show the traditional power of English kings -
not so great as that of the pharaohs of Egypt, by comparison.
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Big Draw Festival 2017 - 'Living Lines' at Geddington Brickyard Garden
This event saw the local community, visitors and artists aged 3 to 70+, come together to experience a whole day of dynamic workshops at Geddington Brickyard Garden, a community garden on the edge of Rockingham Forest in Northamptonshire.
Surrounded by fields, woods and wildlife, it was the perfect location for this event - to be inspired by all of the Living Lines that surround us.
Designed and led by artist Emma Davies, the workshops explored Living Lines (the theme of this years festival) in nature, human movement and in our imaginations and memories. The workshops were titled: 'Landlines and Skylines', 'Garden Lines', 'Human Lines' and 'Imagined Lines'
As well as their own pieces, participants worked together to create large scale, vibrant group art works. A variety of materials were used, such as graphite sticks, oil pastels, household paint and paint made from spices – but not all used at once!
To document the day and to show the development of the drawings as they were created, media artist Andy Eathorne added a digital element to proceedings, by sensitively filming participants as they worked. Digital lines were then created from the natural as incorporated into the film we can see short animations of the drawings being created.
The event was produced in association with Geddington Brickyard Garden and the local community.
It was supported using public funding by Arts Council England and through Kettering Borough Council's small grant scheme.