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and other Acts set the radius within which licensed London cabs illuminated or otherwise advertising for business had to take a fare (and convey passengers). The legacy of this is that streets within a six-mile radius of Charing Cross are the basis of 'black taxi' driver training. Such cabs can turn
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The story echoes an accident of 11 April 1800, when the Chatham and Rochester coach was emerging from the gateway of the Golden Cross, and "a young woman, sitting on the top, threw her head back, to prevent her striking against the beam; but there being so much luggage on the roof of the coach as to
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to the east). From the early 19th century, legislation applicable only to the London metropolis used Charing Cross as a central point to define its geographical scope. Its later use in legislation waned in favour of providing a schedule of local government areas and became mostly obsolete with the
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church in the City. Some of these structures were later moved or destroyed, but reference to them persisted as if they still remained in place. An exaggerated but well-meaning criticism was that "all the Books of Roads ... published, differ in the Situation of Mile Stones, and instead of being a
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The frontage of the Rounceval property caused the narrowing at the end of the Whitehall entry to Charing Cross, and formed the section of Whitehall formerly known as Charing Cross, until road widening in the 1930s caused the rebuilding of the south side of the street which created a wide
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200 metres (200 yards) away, along the Strand in front of Charing Cross Station/Hotel. The area derives its name from the original monument destroyed by Parliament in the 1600s; the memorial replacement dates from the
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at Charing Cross; they retreated within Whitehall after firing their shot, causing consternation within, thinking the force had changed sides. The rebels – themselves fearful of artillery on the higher ground around
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The Metropolitan Streets Act 1856 gave the Commissioner of Metropolitan Police power to control some acts within six miles of Charing Cross. Powers to license shoeblack pitches remain, heavily superseded by the
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The front entrance of Charing Cross railway station in a 19th-century print. The cross in front of the station Hotel is a Victorian replacement for the original Eleanor Cross which stood near the site.
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The rebuilding of a monument to resemble the one lost under Cromwell's low church Britain took place in 1864 in Britain's main era of medieval revivalism. The next year the memorial was completed and
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A major London coaching inn, the "Golden Cross" – first mentioned in 1643 – faced this junction. From here, in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, coaches linked variously terminuses of:
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At some time between 1232 and 1236, the Chapel and Hospital of St Mary Rounceval was founded at Charing. It occupied land at the corner of the modern Whitehall and into the centre of
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that once marked the site. The medieval monumental cross, the Charing Cross (1294–1647), was the largest and most ornate instance of a chain of medieval Eleanor crosses running from
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in 1850, with many Anglican churches also having restored or re-created their medieval ornamentations by the end of the century. By this time England was the epicentre of the
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monument on 5 February 1970. The month before, the bronze equestrian statue of Charles, on a pedestal of carved Portland stone, was given Grade I listed protection.
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records in his diaries visiting the taverns and watching the entertainments and executions that were held there. This was combined with the south of the mews when
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suppressed the 'alien' houses. The priory fell into a long decline from lack of money and arguments regarding the collection of tithes with the parish church of
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The Office (superseded in 1855 and today by each local authority's Building Control departments or teams) could regulate use and building standards under the
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of 1675, of which editions and derivations continued to be published throughout the 18th century, used the "Standard" (a former conduit head) in
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were mostly measured from their terminus which was peripheral to the free-passage urban, London roads. Ten of these are notable:
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and Trafalgar Square. Since 1 January 1931 this segment has more logically and officially become the northern end of Whitehall.
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The Traveller's Pocket-Book: or, Ogilby and Morgan's Book of the Roads Improved and Amended, in a method never before attempted
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Road distances from London continue to be measured from Charing Cross. Prior to its selection as a commonly agreed central
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The Pillory at Charing Cross (1809). The dark equestrian statue is the junction centrepiece (marker). This is a drawing by
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By the late 18th century, the Charing Cross district was increasingly coming to be perceived as the "centre" of the
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on the eastern portion of the property. In June 1874, the duke's property at Charing Cross was purchased by the
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hinder her laying herself sufficiently back, it caught her face, and tore the flesh in a dreadful manner."
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stated all parishes within 12 miles of Charing Cross could be added. This was expanded to 15 miles by the
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was built on the site in 1832, the rest of the stable yard becoming the National Gallery primarily.
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A map showing the Charing Cross ward of Westminster Metropolitan Borough as it appeared in 1916
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in London from Claude Monet, in YOUR CITY AT THE THYSSEN, a Thyssen Museum project on Flickr
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A New and Accurate Description of all the Direct and Principal Cross Roads in Great Britain
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The Eleanor Cross was pulled down, by order of Parliament, in 1647, at the time of the
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as the centrepiece of the station forecourt. It is not a replica, being of an ornate
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Liturgical Space: Christian Worship and Church Buildings in Western Europe 1500-2000
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barred to them, had crossed the river by what was then the next bridge upstream, at
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with the Charing Cross Hotel. In 1865, a replacement cross was commissioned from
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The inn and its yard, pillory, and what remained of the Royal Mews, made way for
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to this location. It was a landmark for many centuries of the hamlet of Charing,
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The statue of Charles I and site of the Charing Cross | British History Online
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431MHz-432MHz are banned for amateur radio use within 100km of Charing Cross.
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in the then hamlet of Charing, an important junction since the middle ages.
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in the northern area of Trafalgar Square, and built specifically for the
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Frontage onto Strand/Charing Cross of Northumberland House in 1752 by
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Since 1675 the site of the cross has been occupied by a statue of
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Medieval and Renaissance: Past, Present and Future: Charing Cross
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This article is about a location in London. For other uses, see
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Charing Cross, the railway stations, and Old Hungerford Market
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In 1554, Charing Cross was the site of the final battle of
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The name of the lost hamlet, Charing, is derived from the
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The stone cross was the work of the medieval sculptor,
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point from which distances from London are measured
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Charing (London)
Charing Cross (disambiguation)

Statue of Charles I
Eleanor Cross
Charing Cross is located in Greater London
Greater London
OS grid reference
TQ302804
London borough
Westminster
Ceremonial county
Greater London
Region
London
Country
England
Sovereign state
Post town
LONDON
Postcode district
WC2
Dialling code
020
Police
Metropolitan
Fire
London
Ambulance
London

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