lokiblossom
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Ok, let's try once more. I know that the area was called Charing in the early middle ages. Agreed
I know that King Edward I ordered a cross to be built there for his wife Eleanor of Castile in the early 1290s. Agreed.
But what I asked was what was the earliest reference to the EXACT PHRASE "CHARING CROSS". Not Charing, not the cross at Charing, but "Charing Cross". That's all, quite simple, earliest know reference?
And no, I don't think the Templars are "poking fun at monarchy". I would think they had other things on their minds in 1307.
If the site was called Charing as you agree, wouldn't the memorial be called The Charing Cross? I understand the memorial at Lincoln was called The Lincoln Cross right?
cheers, Loki