SURPRISING FACTS?
1 THE CHARING CROSS WAS BUILT AS A MEMORIAL TO KING EDWARD I'S WIFE
Also known as Eleanor's Cross, the original Charing Cross was erected by Edward I following the death of his wife of 36 years, Eleanor of Castile, in 1290.
Edward had a memorial cross erected at every resting place of her funeral procession, the last being in the village of Charing - a stopover between the City of London and Westminster. The current cross, built in the forecourt of Charing Cross station, is a Victorian replacement of the original, 180 yards away from its former location, now marked by a statue of Charles I on horseback looking down Whitehall.
2 CHELSEA BUNS WERE A GEORGIAN TREAT
In the early 1700s,
