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CHARING CROSS

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Originally appearing in Volume V05, Page 860 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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CHARING See also:

CROSS

CROSS , the locality about the See also:

west end of the Strand and the See also:

north end of See also:

WHITEHALL

Whitehall, on the See also:

south-See also:

east See also:

side of See also:

TRAFALGAR, BATTLE OF

Trafalgar Square, See also:

LONDON

London, See also:

England. It falls within the See also:

BOUNDS, BEATING THE

bounds of the See also:

CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of See also:

Westminster. Here See also:

EDWARD

Edward I. erected the last of the See also:

SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of crosses to the memory of his See also:

queen, Eleanor (d. 1290). It stood near the See also:

PRESENT

present entrance to Charing 1 According to some authorities, this is a second See also:

CHARIDEMUS

Charidemus, the first disappearing from See also:

HISTORY

history after being superseded by See also:

CHARES

Chares in the Olynthian See also:

war. Cross station of the South-Eastern & See also:

Chatham railway, in the courtyard of which a See also:

FINE

fine See also:

MODERN

modern cross has been erected within a few feet of the exact site. A popular derivation of the name connected it with Edward's " dear queen " (there reine), and a See also:

VILLAGE

village of Cherringe or Charing See also:

GREW, NEHEMIAH (1641-1712)

grew up here later, but the true origin of the name is not known. There is a village of Charing in See also:

Kent, and the name is connected by some with that of a Saxon See also:

FAMILY

family, Cerring.

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