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Canterbury city walls are a sequence of defensive walls built around the city of Canterbury in Kent, England. The first city walls were built by the Romans, probably between 270 and 280 AD. These walls were constructed from stone on top of an earth bank, and protected by a ditch and wall towers.
The Westgate is a medieval gatehouse in Canterbury, Kent, England.This 60-foot (18 m) high western gate of the city wall is the largest surviving city gate in England. Built of Kentish ragstone around 1379, it is the last survivor of Canterbury's seven medieval gates, still well-preserved and one of the city's most distinctive landmarks.
Canterbury city walls. Canterbury is a medieval city, with Canterbury Cathedral inside the ring of the city walls, forming the historic centre. Of the defensive structures, a section of the medieval walls remains to the south, near Canterbury Castle, while to the northwest, the Westgate survives as the Westgate Towers museum.
Canterbury Castle is a Norman Castle in Canterbury, Kent, England (grid reference 1] It is a five-minute walk from Canterbury East Station and the main bus station around City Wall. Canterbury Castle was one of the three original Royal castles of Kent (the other two being Rochester Castle and Dover Castle ).
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Hackington, Canterbury: Almshouse: 1570: 3 December 1949: 1374126: Manwood's Hospital: Number 77 (part of the Rose and Crown Inn), Nos 78 & 79, St Dunstans St Canterbury: House: 16th century: 3 December 1949
The name Durovernum Cantiacorum is Latin for "Durovernum of the Cantiaci", preserving the name of an earlier British town whose ancient British name has been reconstructed as *Duroù¯ernon ("Stronghold by the Alder Grove"), [1] although the name is sometimes supposed to have derived from various British names for the Stour. [2]
The Church of Saint Mildred is a partly Anglo-Saxon stone church in Canterbury probably dating from the 11th century. It has been a Grade I listed building since 1949. [1] It is located in the St. Mildred's quarter of the historic city centre. This is the only surviving pre-Norman church within the former city walls. [2]