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The Jolly Sailor This picture appears in the following picture tours: Camera Make: SONY Model: DSC-W200 |
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Tower House This picture appears in the following picture tour: Camera Make: SONY Model: DSC-W200 |
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River Stour This picture appears in the following picture tours: Camera Make: SONY Model: DSC-W200 |
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King's School, Galpin's House Galpin's was built in the 1860s as the Headmaster's house. It is named after Arthur Galpin, Headmaster from 1897 to 1910. The main entrance is in the Mint Yard, and the garden is bordered by the City wall, the Physics laboratories and the Norman staircase. There are 54 boys in the House. Notable former pupils include Michael Morpurgo, the author and recently Children's Laureate, and Jonathan Powell, Chief of Staff to Tony Blair. This picture appears in the following picture tours: Camera Make: SONY Model: DSC-W200 |
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Christmas Eve This picture appears in the following picture tours: Camera Make: SONY Model: DSC-W200 |
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Queen Elizabeth's Guest Chamber The building was originally the Crown Inn and Elizabeth I entertained the Duc d'Alencon here in 1573 hence the new name. The ornamental plaster work on the front of the building was done in 1698. This picture appears in the following picture tour: Camera Make: SONY Model: DSC-W200 |
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Westgate Towers Museum The Westgate is a medieval gatehouse in Canterbury, Kent, England. This 60-foot-high western gate of the city wall is the largest surviving city gate in England. Built of Kentish ragstone шт 1380, it is the last survivor of Canterbury's seven medieval gates, still well-preserved and one of the city's most distinctive landmarks. This picture appears in the following picture tour: Camera Make: SONY Model: DSC-W200 |
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The statue of Queen Bertha Bertha was born a Frankish princess, the daughter of Charibert I, Merovingian King of Paris in about 539. The Merovingians were Christians, and when Bertha married the pagan Ethelbert, he allowed her to continue her religion bringing her priest, Liudhard with her from France. It is thought that Bertha played a considerable role in persuading Pope Gregory the Great to send Augustine to Christianize the pagan peoples of southern England. She certainly influenced her husband Ethelbert to receive the missionaries when they arrived and to treat them well. Bertha died in 612, four years before Ethelbert, and was buried at the monastery which Augustine had founded in Canterbury. This picture appears in the following picture tours: Camera Make: SONY Model: DSC-W200 |
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The statue of King Ethelbert Aethelbert of Kent was born in the mid 6th century, the son of Eormenric whom he succeeded as King of Kent. Probably at Queen Bertha's instigation, Pope (later Saint) Gregory the Great sent Augustine to convert the pagan Anglo Saxons of England. Augustine landed in Kent with a small group of fellow monks in 597. Aethelbert welcomed the missionaries, but initially declined to convert to Christianity, though he allowed Augustine and his fellow monks to preach freely and gave them land outside the city walls of Canterbury to build a church. He allowed his subjects to choose what religion to follow. After a little while (perhaps four years) and after many thousands of Kentish Angles, Saxons and Jutes had converted to Christianity, Aethelbert himself also converted - though unlike many converts he didn't insist that his subjects should follow suit, and allowed them to continue with their old religions if they wished. Such tolerance and fair-mindedness is rare enough these days. Aethelbert died on 24th February 616 and was interred in the Saxon minster of the Abbey of St Peter & St Paul that had been built outside the walls of ancient Canterbury which became St Augustine's Abbey. In this photo Aethelbert is seen stretching out his hand to greet his Queen, Bertha. This picture appears in the following picture tours: Camera Make: SONY Model: DSC-W200 1 person has added this picture to their favourites |
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A house in Whitehall Road This picture appears in the following picture tour: Camera Make: SONY Model: DSC-W200 |
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Guildhall (Holy Cross Church) This picture appears in the following picture tours: Camera Make: SONY Model: DSC-W200 |
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Fyndon Gate Fyndon Gate is the original gatehouse to St Augustine's Abbey. It was rebuilt from 1301-1309 by Abbot Fyndon. The gate was damaged by bomb in WW II, and had to be rebuilt, with the result that some of the stonework is obviously a slightly different colour than the remainder. This picture appears in the following picture tour: Camera Make: SONY Model: DSC-W200 |
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St. Peter's Lane, the memorial to Christopher Marlowe. This picture appears in the following picture tour: Camera Make: SONY Model: DSC-W200 |
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St. Augustine 's Abbey, view from Longport This great abbey, marking the rebirth of Christianity in southern England, was founded shortly after AD 597 by St Augustine. Originally created as a burial place for the Anglo-Saxon kings of Kent. The light coloured stone with arches are what remains of the north wall of the Norman cathedral which stood here until the Dissolution, at which time Henry VIII had this part of the former abbey converted into a royal palace. The red bricks in the upper storeys date from this time. Beneath the tree is part of the ruined Ethelbert Tower, some stones of which may date from the original Saxon minster on the site. This picture appears in the following picture tours: Camera Make: SONY Model: DSC-W200 |
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St. Mildred's Church St Mildreds dates back to the Saxon period. It was badly damaged by a fire in 1246, with the result that much of the current building is of 13th century construction. Much earlier though are the large quoins of the south west corner of the church, these are reused Roman stones. The majority of the windows are 14th century, while the north aisle was added in 1486. This picture appears in the following picture tours: Camera Make: SONY Model: DSC-W200 |
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St. Mildred's Church This ancient church is the oldest pre-Conquest church still standing within the City Walls of Canterbury. It is a few short steps away from the remains of Canterbury Castle. This picture appears in the following picture tour: Camera Make: SONY Model: DSC-W200 |
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Monastery Street On the right is the Bailey House (King's School). It is a Sixth Form girls house. The mainly 18th and 19th century building incorporates the 14th century Abbey gate. Its name commemorates Henry Bailey, second warden of St Augustine's College and a friend of the King's School. It was used for girls lodgings from 1978 before becoming an independent house in 1990. There are 19 girls in the House. This picture appears in the following picture tours: Camera Make: SONY Model: DSC-W200 |
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Dane John Gardens The fountain at Dane John Gardens marks the central point of the walkway. This picture appears in the following picture tour: Camera Make: SONY Model: DSC-W200 |
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Canterbury Castle from Rheims Way After Henry II built his new castle at Dover, Canterbury Castle declined in importance and became used primarily as a prison. In 1609 James I granted it to Sir Anthony Weldon, and during the 17th century the Castle had fallen into ruin. In 1825 the Castle was used by the Canterbury Gas Light and Coke Company as a storage depot for coal and coke, and later a large water tank was set up on the ruins of the keep. In the 1900s the Castle was purchased by Canterbury City Council, who have restored it to its current condition. This picture appears in the following picture tours: Camera Make: SONY Model: DSC-W200 |
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Canterbury Castle from Rheims Way In 1216 Louis, Dauphin of France, captured Canterbury Castle, but later retreated. In 1277 Jewish citizens of Canterbury were held in the Castle before being expelled from England as part of Edward I's policy. In 1380 Wat Tyler's rebellion raised the peasants and townsfolk of Kent and the southeast. A mob stormed the Castle and forced the constable to publically burn financial and legal records and release prisoners. Henry VIII's advisor, Thomas Cromwell, had two priests held at the Castle for 'permiting the Bishop of Rome's name in their books'. Henry's daughter, Queen Mary, had 42 people imprisoned at Canterbury Castle and put to death for their refusal to follow her Catholic faith. This picture appears in the following picture tour: Camera Make: SONY Model: DSC-W200 |
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