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England. Oxfordshire. Banbury Cross in the town Banbury. This cross made famous by a nursery rhyme was destroyed by puritans in 1646 as a heathenish memorial. In 1858 the present cross was erected on the site t commemorate the marriage of Queen Victoria's eldest daughter, Victoria Adelaide, to Friedrich Wilhelm of Prussia..
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