"Episode 7."

Social History (Museum of St Albans)

2006.5965

Monochrome postcard showing "Episode 7" of the St Albans Millenary pageant, 1948 Verulamium Park, St Albans. A replica of an Eleanor Cross, of the type that once stood in St Albans, has been erected. The Eleanor Cross was one of a series of monuments erected near the resting places of Queen Eleanor's body on its journey from Lincoln to London in 1291. The Eleanor Cross in St Albans was torn down in 1703, having fallen into a state of severe neglect. It was replaced by a public water pump. From a set of postcards printed to commemorate the pageant by Photo-Precision Ltd., St Albans. No postmark.

1948

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Amy Cooke

3) MoStA Archive Room

Photographed, Printed and Published by Photo-Precision Ltd., St Albans, 'English Series'.

Verulamium Park, St Albans, Hertfordshire, UK.

09/01/2006