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Canterbury, in E. Kent, on the Stour, by rail 62 m. SE. of London; is the ecclesiastical capital of England; the cathedral was founded A.D. 597 by St. Augustin; the present building belongs to various epochs, dating as far back as the 11th century; it contains many interesting monuments, statues, and tombs, among the latter that of Thomas à Becket, murdered in the north transept, 1170; the cloisters, chapter-house, and other buildings occupy the site of the old monastic houses; the city is rich in old churches and ecclesiastical monuments; there is an art gallery; trade is chiefly in hops and grain. Kit Marlowe was a native.

Population (1907) 23,000

From Nuttall Encylopædia, 1907

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Plate II. Canterbury Cathedral. South West View.
565.—Canterbury Cathedral, South Side.
566,—Cathedral Precinct Gateway.
567.—Chapel in Canterbury Cathedral.
568.—Capital and base, S.E. Transept, Canterbury
569.—Staircase in the Conventual Buildings, Canterbury
The Chapel of St. Pancras in St. Augustine’s Monastery, Canterbury
922. West gate and Holy Cross Church, Canterbury.
The Baptistry, Canterbury
King Henry II whipped by the Pope’s Order
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Canterbury; Kent; England