Editing Eleanor cross (section)

===Stony Stratford===
[[File:Eleanor Cross Plaque - geograph.org.uk - 569465.jpg|thumb|upright|Plaque in Stony Stratford]]
<small>(plaque at {{Coord|52|03|32|N|00|51|24|W|region:GB}})</small>

Eleanor's bier spent the night of 9 December 1290 at [[Stony Stratford]], [[Buckinghamshire]].<ref name="pow194"/><ref name="cock345"/> The cross here was built between 1291 and 1293 by John of Battle at a total recorded cost of over £100.<ref name="colv483"/> The supplier of the statues is uncertain, but some smaller carvings were provided by Ralph of Chichester.<ref name="hun183"/> The cross stood at the lower end of the town, towards the [[River Great Ouse|River Ouse]], on [[Watling Street]] (now the High Street), although its exact location is debated. It is said to have been of a tall elegant design (perhaps similar to that at Geddington). It was described by [[William Camden]] in 1607 as ''minus elegantem'' ("none of the fairest"), suggesting that it was by this date in a state of decay.<ref>{{cite book |first=William |last=Camden |author-link=William Camden |title=Britannia |location=London |year=1607 |page=280 |url=http://www.philological.bham.ac.uk/cambrit/buckseng.html#bucks9 }}</ref> It is said to have been demolished in about 1643. In 1735, William Hartley, a man of nearly 80, could remember only the base still standing.<ref name="gall73">Galloway 1914, p. 73.</ref><ref>Powrie 1990, pp. 129–30.</ref> Any trace has now vanished.

The cross is commemorated by a brass plaque on the wall of 157 High Street.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mkheritage.co.uk/mkm/stonystratford/docs/eleanor.html |title=Stony Stratford: Queen Eleanor's Cross |publisher=Milton Keynes Heritage Association |access-date=12 June 2019 }}</ref>