London Charing Cross Station Strand 1910 animated buses

Postcard

 

• Picture / Image:  Charing Cross and Strand, London - nice animated scene with people, buses, horses & carts, newspaper sellers etc.
• Publisher:  Valentines
• Postally used:  yes
• Stamp:  Edward VII 1d. scarlet
• Postmark(s):  London WC Jul 9 1910 machine cancel
• Sent to:  Milan, Italy
• Notes & Key words: 

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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information:

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Charing Cross denotes the junction of the Strand, Whitehall and Cockspur Street, just south of Trafalgar Square in Westminster within Central London, England. It is named after the site of a long demolished Eleanor cross (now occupied by a statue of King Charles I mounted on a horse) located at the former hamlet of Charing, at this point. It is the primary of the central datum points for measuring distances from London along with the London Stone and the doors of St Mary-le-Bow church.

The name originates from the Eleanor cross erected between the former hamlet of Charing and the entrance to the Royal Mews of the Palace of Whitehall in 1291-4 by King Edward I as a memorial to his wife, Eleanor of Castile. The cross was the work of the medieval sculptor, Alexander of Abingdon.^[1] Originally built in wood, it was quickly replaced with a stone and marble monument.^[2] There are many theories about the origins of the name. Some say it is derived from the old English word cierring, referring to the large bend in the River Thames, nearby.^[3] The Encyclopaedia Britannica says: "A popular derivation of the name connected it with Edward's "dear queen" (chère reine), and a village of Cherringe or Charing grew up here later, but the true origin of the name is not known."

Since 1675 the site of the cross has been occupied by a statue of King Charles I mounted on a horse. That original position of the cross is recognised by modern convention^[4] as the centre of London for the purpose of indicating distances by road in favour of other previous measurement points (such as St Paul's Cathedral which remains as the root of the English and Welsh part of the Great Britain road numbering scheme). Charing Cross is marked on contemporary maps as a road junction, though it was previously also a postal address denoting the stretch of road between Great Scotland Yard and Trafalgar Square. Since 1 January 1931 this section of road has been designated as part of the Whitehall thoroughfare.^[5]