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Canterbury is a historic cathedral city in Kent. The heart and focus of the city is Canterbury Cathedral. Canterbury stood before the Romans came in the 1st century AD, and since then it has been a Roman town, then the capital of the Kingdom of Kent, a major mediæval town and now a provincial city. After Kent accepted Christianity in 597, St Augustine founded an episcopal see in the city and became the first Archbishop of Canterbury. The cathedral was completely rebuilt from 1070 to 1077 and developed in ensuing centuries. The murder of Thomas Becket in 1170 led to the cathedral becoming a popular place of pilgrimage. The city abounds in historical buildings, including a city wall founded in Roman times, the ruins of St Augustine's Abbey and a Norman castle. The 6th-century St Martin's Church is the oldest church in Britain still in use as a church. It was originally the private chapel of Queen Bertha of Kent, Æthelberht's Christian Frankish Queen. The city is within the council area of Canterbury (Kent).
Place Type: City
Historic County: Kent
Lat, Long: 51.279615,1.078924
Grid Reference: TR 1482 5788
Council Area: Canterbury CA (Kent CA)
Police Area: Kent PA
GBPN ID: 7771
Entry Type: Main listing (P)
URL: https://gazetteer.org.uk/place/Canterbury,_Kent_7771
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Place Type: City
Historic County: Kent
Lat, Long: 51.279615,1.078924
Grid Reference: TR 1482 5788
Council Area: Canterbury CA (Kent CA)
Police Area: Kent PA
GBPN ID: 7771
Entry Type: Main listing (P)
URL: https://gazetteer.org.uk/place/Canterbury,_Kent_7771
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