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An exploration of the
buildings of Canterbury, England - over
1000 years of history
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Wonderful maps of Canterbury |
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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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With your mouse, TOUCH or CLICK these buttons to change the photos. |
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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)
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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 bax. stephen AT gmail . com
Site created by Stephen Bax, 1999 - 2013
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