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An
exploration of the buildings of Canterbury, England -
over 1000 years of history
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Try our search engine to search this site
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Try our clickable map, with hot links to all our buildings - and now more old maps. See our most popular pages: Canterbury
Cathedral (exterior)
Now with a new section on stained glass. |
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Photos of Fyndon
Gate, including old postcards and pictures of Lady
Wootton's Green
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At last! Photos of wonderful
doors and windows in Canterbury. See our Details
page
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Some old postcards of the Cathedral. |
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Our new improved clickable map with hotlinks to all pages |
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Photos of the Weavers, 1-3 St. Peter's Street, interiors and exteriors, as well as many old postcards. |
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More photos and information on
the brickwork pages, as well as more
on mathematical tiling.
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More than 50 photos of
Cogan House - an important building
with 12th century origins and wonderful woodcarvings from the
1520s.
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Pages and old pictures of the Walls
and the many old Gates (all but one destroyed). With clickable map and full historical notes. |
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Photos of the fascinating woodcarvings
(13th century?) from the old Fleur-de-Lis
Hotel, now destroyed.
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Some wonderful views of Simple
Simon's pub, a Wealden hall house dating from the 14th century
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Pictures of Westgate
Grove - 'how the late mediaeval streets of Canterbury must
have looked'
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Many pictures of Conquest House (17 Palace Street) where the knights supposedly met before killing Thomas a Becket. |
| More photos (16/12/99) of what may be the the oldest usable toilet in England - judge for yourself if it's usable! Part of the pages on the oldest almshouse in England, Saint John Baptist, built 1000 years ago |  |
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Our page of woodcarvings
in Canterbury has now been extended to include some more wonderful
carved faces, devils and other details. Also we have a page
on parapets and now some photos
of brickwork. |
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Two full sets of photos of the
Cathedral (exterior) - 114 photos |
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Many other photos of buildings old and new - see the list. | The
oldest church in England, Saint Martin's,
in continuous use since 597AD Now with 42 photographs
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See full list of buildings and a historical timeline
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e-mail me on s .bax@cant.ac.uk
Site created by Stephen Bax, 1999 - 2004
Copyright.