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===Lincoln=== [[File:Eleanor cross, Lincoln 20201014 110317 (50481044968).jpg|thumb|upright=0.7|The surviving fragment of the Lincoln cross]] <small>({{Coord|53|12|51|N|00|32|47|W|region:GB}})</small><br/> Eleanor rested on the first night of the journey at the [[St Katherine's Priory, Lincoln|Priory of Saint Katherine without Lincoln]] and her viscera were buried in [[Lincoln Cathedral]] on 3 December 1290. The [[Lincoln, England|Lincoln]] cross was built between 1291 and 1293 by Richard of Stow at a total recorded cost of over Β£120, with sculptures by William of Ireland (also named as William "{{lang|la| Imaginator}}", or image-maker).<ref name="colv483">Colvin 1963, p. 483.</ref><ref>Galloway 1914, p. 68.</ref><ref>Cockerill 2014, p. 355.</ref> [[John Leland (antiquary)|John Leland]], in the early 1540s, noted that "a litle without Barre [gate] is a very fair crosse and large".<ref>{{cite book |editor-last=Toulmin Smith |editor-first=Lucy |title=The Itinerary of John Leland in or about the years 1535β1543 |location=London |publisher=George Bell and Sons |year=1907 |volume=1 |page=[https://archive.org/details/itineraryjohnle02lelagoog/page/n86 30] |url=https://archive.org/details/itineraryjohnle02lelagoog }}</ref> It stood at Swine Green, [[St Catherine's, Lincoln|St Catherine's]], an area just outside the city at the southern end of the [[High Street, Lincoln|High Street]], but had disappeared by the early 18th century. The only surviving piece is the lower half of one of the statues, rediscovered in the 19th century and now in the grounds of [[Lincoln Castle]].<ref>Powrie 1990, pp. 65β67.</ref>
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