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Charing Cross: The Forgotten Centre of Britain

For centuries, Charing Cross has been the exact, official centre of Britain — the mile-zero point from which all distances are measured. Today it is better known as a busy London railway station, and its historic significance has been almost entirely forgotten. This video explores the hidden history of Charing Cross, from the Eleanor Cross and medieval monarchy to civil war, Victorian railways, and modern London. A short historical essay on power, geography, and how the centre of a nation can vanish in plain sight. ---------- IMAGE CREDITS Eleanor of Castile: Melesse via Wikimedia https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Eleanor print: © The Trustees of the British Museum 750751001 Edward I: via Wikimedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ed... Replica of effigy of Eleanor of Castile: 14GTR via Wikimedia ...File:Replica_of_effigy_of_Eleanor_of_Castile,_V%26A_London_02.jpg Lincoln Cathedral: Richard Humphrey via Wikimedia File:Lincoln_Cathedral_-_The_west_front_in_winter_sunlight_-_geograph.org.uk_-_3728684.jpg Eleanor Cross engraving: via Wikimedia File:William_Wise_-_Charing_Cross_-_B1977.14.15637_-_Yale_Center_for_British_Art.jpg Eleanor Cross sketch: via Wikimedia File:The_cross_erected_in_memory_of_Queen_Eleanor,_near_Waltham_-_Schnebbelie_del_;_Basire_sc._LCCN2003680016.jpg Elaenor Cross drawing: © The Trustees of the British Museum 1229227001 Charing Cross map © The Trustees of the British Museum 694823001 Pillory, Charing Cross: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959 File:Pillory,_Charing_Cross_MET_DP880679.jpg Maps of England circa 1670, Suffolk: Richard via Wikimedia File:Maps_of_England_circa_1670,_Suffolk_34_of_40_(13431701714).jpg Milestone: Bob Harvey via Wikimedia File:100_miles_to_London_(geograph_3754130).jpg Civil war painting: John Barker via File:Battle_of_Marston_Moor_1644_by_John_Barker.png Charles I portrait: National Portrait Gallery, London Eleanor Cross destruction: © The Trustees of the British Museum 1263480001 Old Whitehall: John Maurer via Wikimedia File:John_Maurer_-_A_Perspective_View_of_Whitehall_-_B1995.13.103_-_Yale_Center_for_British_Art.jpg King's Mews: © The Trustees of the British Museum 1132187001 SER train: via Wikimedia File:Neilson_and_Company_Glasgow,_South_Eastern_Railway_(SER)_Class_Q,_312_(Ans_05373-0771).jpg Charing Cross railway line: © The Trustees of the British Museum 1095841001 SER guard: Library of Congress via Wikimedia File:The_head_guard_on_the_South_Eastern_Railway,_1885-The_engine_is_one_of_Richard_Christopher_Mansell%27s_%22Gunboat%22_0-4-4_tanks,_built_for_Greenwich,_Woolrich_and_Blackheath_local_services_LCCN96509035.tif SER offices: Can Pac Swire via Wikimedia File:South_Eastern_Railway_Offices_at_84_Tooley_Street.jpg SER steam train: via Wikimedia File:ETHBIB_Bildarchiv_Ans_05373-0870,_Ashford_Locomotive_Works,_South_Eastern_Railway_(SER)_Cudworth_Single_Driver_Mail_Engine_201_Class.jpg Hungerford Market: © The Trustees of the British Museum 865710001 Charing Cross Railway Station, As Seen From The River: Mason Jackson via Wikimedia File:Charing-cross-station-iln-p164-13-feb-1864.jpg London and its Environs: via Wikimedia File:Image_taken_from_page_191_of_%27London_and_its_Environs._A_picturesque_survey_of_the_metropolis_and_the_suburbs_..._Translated_by_Henry_Frith._With_..._illustrations%27_(11289658613).jpg E. M. Barry: The Albert Ten Eyck Gardner Collection, Gift of the Centennial Committee, 1970 via Wikimedia File:Edward_Middleton_Barry_(cropped).jpg Charing Cross hotel: via Wikimedia File:LONDON_ILLUSTR(1872)_p1.037_HOTEL_AT_CHARING_CROSS.jpg Charing Cross hotel: Rijksmuseum via Wikimedia File:Charing_Cross_Station_en_Hotel_met_ervoor_de_replica_van_het_Eleanor_cross_in_Londen_Charing_%2B_Hotel_(titel_op_object),_RP-F-F01134-AG.jpg Charing Cross, 1805: Lockwood via Wikimedia File:Lockwood_-_Charing_Cross_-_ref_9576.jpg Kings Mews: © The Trustees of the British Museum 1132187001 TrafalgarSquare: © The Trustees of the British Museum 438040001 TrafalgarSquare: © The Trustees of the British Museum 703011001 TrafalgarSquare: © The Trustees of the British Museum 1613917867 TrafalgarSquare: © The Trustees of the British Museum 608146001 Charing Cross station scaffolding: © The Trustees of the British Museum 590787001