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Canterbury Castle from Castle Street The Castle saw the first of historical drama in 1087, when monks of St Augustine's Abbey refused to accept a new Norman abbot. Lanfranc, the Archbishop of Canterbury, had the ringleaders of the monks imprisoned in the Castle. The new keep was begun in the reign of William II and completed about 1120 by Henry I. This stolid stone structure stood 80 feet high and measured about 98 by 85 feet. The walls were massively thick, about 13 feet in places. 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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Lavender Mews This picture appears in the following picture tour: Camera Make: SONY Model: DSC-W200 |
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All Saints Lane This picture appears in the following picture tour: Camera Make: SONY Model: DSC-W200 |
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High Street This picture appears in the following picture tour: Camera Make: SONY Model: DSC-W200 |
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Palace Street, Tudor House This picture appears in the following picture tour: Camera Make: SONY Model: DSC-W200 |
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Palace Street, Tudor House One of Canterbury's best half-timbered buildings, the Tudor House is the 13th century building with later additions. It may have been built as the rectory for the nearby church of St Alphege. The building is constructed with two projecting upper stories over a ground floor, each upper story projecting further than the last. The upper floors may be 15th century. This picture appears in the following picture tour: Camera Make: SONY Model: DSC-W200 1 person has added this picture to their favourites |
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Palace Street, Tudor House This picture appears in the following picture tour: Camera Make: SONY Model: DSC-W200 |
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The Old Brewery Tavern in Horse Lane This picture appears in the following picture tours: Camera Make: SONY Model: DSC-W200 |
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Roman Museum This picture appears in the following picture tour: Camera Make: SONY Model: DSC-W200 |
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Roman Museum The museum is tucked away halfway down narrow Butchery Lane and contains excavated sections of the old Roman town of Canterbury, including sections of a Roman town house with a well-preserved moasaic. This picture appears in the following picture tour: Camera Make: SONY Model: DSC-W200 |
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St Dunstan Street This picture appears in the following picture tour: Camera Make: SONY Model: DSC-W200 |
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St Dunstan's Church This picture appears in the following picture tours: Camera Make: SONY Model: DSC-W200 |
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St Dunstan's Street, Roper Gate It's all that remains of a substantial Tudor property belonging to William Roper, who married Sir Thomas More's eldest daughter, Margaret (1505 - 1544). Margaret was one of the best educated laywomen of her time, particularly when most females were not expected to advance their knowledge much beyond household matters and basic religious instruction. In the 1520's she published a book, a translation from the Latin into English, of Erasmus' thoughts on the Lord's Prayer. Despite Cardinal Wolsey's blessing it caused a bit of a kerfuffle at the time and she didn't dare do it again. After her father's execution, she boldly 'rescued' his rotting head from a spike over London Bridge and placed it in a vault in St Dunstan's Church where it remains to this day. Three of the small windows have been blocked in by what appears to be cement. Whether this was done during the time of the of the infamous Window Tax (1696-1851) or as part of the gate's restoration. This picture appears in the following picture tour: Camera Make: SONY Model: DSC-W200 |
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Stour Street, the Museum of Canterbury The main building dates to at least the late 12th century. In 1220 it was converted into an almshouse for poor or elderly priests. Around 1373 a solar was added to serve as a residence for the master of the hospital. A chapel was added at right angles to thedwelling areas. After 1575 the hospital became used for secular purposes, and over the intervening centuries has served as a school, workhouse, and almshouse, among other things. This picture appears in the following picture tour: Camera Make: SONY Model: DSC-W200 |
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The Invicta in the Museum of Canterbury The Invicta built by Stephenson in 1830 for Canterbury and Whitstable Railway. This picture appears in the following picture tours: Camera Make: SONY Model: DSC-W200 |
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Museum of Canterbury Two museums in one - the Museum of Canterbury with Rupert Bear Museum are housed in the former Poor Priests Hospital, a 12th century almshouse. This picture appears in the following picture tour: Camera Make: SONY Model: DSC-W200 |
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Canterbury Bus Station Seen from the city walls, Canterbury Bus Station is located on the edge of the main shopping area of the city centre. Every bus visible in this shot belongs to Stagecoach, which operates the vast majority of bus services in East Kent. This picture appears in the following picture tour: Camera Make: SONY Model: DSC-W200 |
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Canterbury Cathedral, The Martyrdom A striking modern sculpture marks the place where Thomas Becket was murdered on 29th December 1170. The knights Richard Brito, Hugh de Moreville, Reginald FitzUrse and William de Tracy confronted Becket, bursting into the church and calling for him through the darkness. Becket actually managed to shake them off as they tried to seize him, but eventually Brito struck him on the head so forcefully that the tip of his sword shattered on the stone floor. This picture appears in the following picture tours: Camera Make: SONY Model: DSC-W200 |
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City Walls The Romans erected the first walls around Canterbury between 270 and 290 AD. Very little of those Roman walls remain. The walls we see today are medieval. The medieval walls form a rough oval about 3000 yards circumference. The City Walls of Canterbury are among the best preserved in the country. This picture appears in the following picture tour: Camera Make: SONY Model: DSC-W200 |
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Canterbury, view from Westgate Gardens This picture appears in the following picture tour: Camera Make: SONY Model: DSC-W200 |
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