CANTERBURY

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16th June 2015                                                                                                  Photos by Hetty

We spent the day walking around Canterbury, but we didn’t go into the Cathedral

This tower remains from St George’s churchS1057839 copy

This tower is all that remains of the medieval church of St Mary Magdalene. In the base is a Baroque memorial (1680)

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The Cathedral from Butchery Lane

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Old Weavers Houses by River Stour

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14th century Westgate Towers were part of the town wallsS1057857 copyThe guildhall

S1057864 copyWestgate Gardens

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200-year-old Oriental plane tree

S1057862 copyTower House is used as the Lord Mayor’s office and for official functions

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The Beaney Institute, 1897  – art gallery, museum and libraryS1057866 copy S1057868 copy

We followed Queen Bertha’s Walk from Canterbury Cathedral to St Martin’s Church, via St Augustine’s Abbey

The Buttermarket

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Burgate is a medieval streetS1057872 copy S1057873 copy

The City Walls were originally Roman, then Saxon. They were rebuilt in the 14th and 15th centuries, with D shaped bastionsS1057876 copy

Lady Wootton’s Green, in front of 14th century Fyndon’s  Gate – which was the entrance to St Augustine’s Abbey; now the entrance to Kings SchoolS1057877 copy

St Augustine’s Abbey (English Heritage) was a monastery until its dissolution in 1538

Augustine founded a cathedral within the city walls, and a new monastery outside the walls about 598. The abbey was more important than the cathedral, until the murder of St Thomas a Becket in 1170. Then pilgrims came to the cathedral to visit the shrine of the murdered archbishop, and it became very rich and was enlarged

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Canterbury Cathedral

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An unusual post box from the reign of Edward VII

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St Martin’s Church has Roman origins and has been in continuous use since about 580

The bell tower is 14th century

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Part of the wall on the right is 4th century Roman

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This part was added in the 6th century

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S1057896 copy12th century font

S1057897 copyView of Canterbury Cathedral from St Martin’s

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17th century house

 

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Look at the door!

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On the city wallsS1057911 copy S1057913 copy

Canterbury CastleS1057918 copy S1057920 copy

Dane John Mound is the site of a Norman Motte & Bailey castle

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