Runnimede
a long stretch of green meadow, lying along the right bank of the Thames, 1 mile above Staines and 36 miles by river W. S. W. of London. Here, or on Charta Island, a little way off the shore MAGNA CHARTA (q. v.) was signed by King John, June 15, 1215. In the document the king states that it was signed "by "by our hands in the meadow which is called Runnimede."