Eleanor Cross
A replica Eleanor Cross was erected in Sledmere, East Riding of Yorkshire, in 1896–98. The tall stone structure was constructed by the Sykes family of Sledmere.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Trish Steel, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Monument
- Description: Grade I listed building in East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Eleanor Cross, Sledmere”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Sledmere House and Wagoners’ Memorial.
Sledmere House
Photo: Andy Beecroft, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sledmere House is a Grade I listed Georgian country house, containing Chippendale, Sheraton and French furnishings and many fine pictures, set within a park designed by Capability Brown. Sledmere House is situated 740 feet east of Eleanor Cross.
Wagoners’ Memorial
Monument
The Wagoners' Memorial is a war memorial in Sledmere, in the East Riding of Yorkshire in England. The unusual squat columnar memorial was designed by Sir Mark Sykes, 6th Baronet and built in 1919–20.
Church of St Mary, Sledmere
Church
Photo: Gordon Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Mary, Sledmere is situated 520 feet southeast of Eleanor Cross.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sledmere and Towthorpe.
Sledmere
Village
Photo: Gordon Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sledmere is a village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, about 7 miles north-west of Driffield on the B1253 road. The village lies in a civil parish which is also officially called "Sledmere" by the Office for National Statistics, although the county council and parish council refer to it as Sledmere and Croome, as the parish also includes the nearby hamlet of Croome.
Towthorpe
Hamlet
Photo: Stephen Horncastle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Towthorpe is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of Fimber, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated in the Yorkshire Wolds just north of the B1248 road, approximately 8 miles north-west of Driffield and 2 miles south-west of Sledmere. Towthorpe is situated 2 miles southwest of Eleanor Cross.
Cowlam
Hamlet
Photo: Gordon Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cowlam is a hamlet in the civil parish of Cottam, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, and in the Yorkshire Wolds. The hamlet is on the B1253 Bridlington to North Grimston road, 17 miles north from the county town of Beverley, 2 miles east from the village of Sledmere, and 2.5 miles north-west from the parish hamlet of Cottam. Cowlam is situated 2 miles northeast of Eleanor Cross.
Eleanor Cross
- Categories: war memorial and historic site
- Location: Sledmere, East Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.0692° or 54° 4′ 9″ northLongitude
-0.58248° or 0° 34′ 57″ westOpen location code
9C6X3C99+M2OpenStreetMap ID
node 87383399OpenStreetMap feature
historic=monumentWikidata ID
Q26268170
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In Other Languages
“Eleanor Cross” goes by many names.
- Spanish: “Eleanor Cross (Sledmere)”
- Spanish: “Eleanor Cross”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Museum of the Wagoners‘ Special Reserve and Little Langdale Wood.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Eleanor Cross”. Photo: Trish Steel, CC BY-SA 2.0.