214 QUEEN ELEANOR CROSSES. 



The " Martyrs' Memorial," too, at Oxford is built after the 

 model of Waltham Cross, as also are the Ham (Holy Cross) 

 Drinking Fountain, Staffordshire, Bishop Fulford's monument in 

 Montreal Cathedral Close, and the more recent " Old Cheltonian 

 South African War Memorial" to the memory of 54 old 

 Cheltonians who lost their lives in the late war. 



Waltham Cross has undergone many restorations ; indeed, it 

 has been so much restored that little more than the core of the 

 original structure remains. 



West Cheap was the next stopping place, and there was 

 erected the celebrated Cheapside Cross, which was demolished 

 by order of Parliament in 1643. 



This, however, was not the original Cross erected by Edward 

 in memory of his Queen, which fell into decay, and was 

 supplanted by another at the expense of the City in 1486. 



This elegant Gothic structure stood until 1600, when it was 

 replaced by a third and last Cross, here represented. 



The demolition of this Cross is thus described in Pennant's 

 London, being the foot note to the print. 



"On the 2nd May, 1643, the Cross in Cheapside was pulled 

 down. A Troop of Horse and two Companies of Foot waited 

 to guard it, and at the fall of the top Cross, drums beat, 

 trumpets blew, and multitudes of caps were thrown into the air, 

 and a great shout of people with joy. The 2nd May, the 

 almanack says, was the invention of the Cross, and the 6th day 

 at night, the leaden Popes burnt in the place where it stood, 

 with ringing of bells and a great acclamation, and no hurt done 

 in all these actions." This shows the better feeling at this time 

 existing against anything savouring of Popery. 



The prints on the screen show the demolishing of Cheapside 

 Cross, one published in 1793 and the other somewhat earlier. 



Charing was the last stage where the body rested before 

 entering Westminster Abbey. The Cross here erected by King 

 Edward to his " beloved Queen " (Chere reine), and which gave 

 name to the locality, was demolished under an Ordinance of 

 Parliament (dated 28th August, 1643), notwithstanding the 



