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Green Court, the Dark Entry The Dark Entry forms the link between the Green Court and the rest of the Precincts and the Cathedral. It is supposed to be haunted by the ghost of Nell Cook. Nell Cook was a servant of a Canon of the Cathedral. Nell was angry with her employer after discovering that he was having an affair. She poisoned some food and killed the Canon and his lover with it. As her punishment, Nell was buried alive beneath the Dark Entry. Her spirit haunts the passageway to this day on dark Friday evenings. Anyone unfortunate enough to see the ghost of Nell Cook will die soon after. This picture appears in the following picture tours: Camera Make: SONY Model: DSC-W200 |
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King's School, Meister Omers Meister Omers is a boys boarding house. It was built in the 13th century and has one of the widest fireplaces in England. Edward IV held a Parliament here in 1470. Cardinal Coligny died here in suspicious circumstances in 1568 and the Arms of Queen Elizabeth in the hall mark her visit in 1573. This picture appears in the following picture tours: Camera Make: SONY Model: DSC-W200 |
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Mercery Lane This picture appears in the following picture tour: Camera Make: SONY Model: DSC-W200 |
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Old Weavers House The Old Weavers House takes its name from the influx of Flemish and Hugenot weavers who settled in the area after fleeing from religious persecution during the 16th and 17th centuries. Elizabeth I granted the Flemish weavers the right to establish their businesses in Canterbury, and they are known to have used this and other similar buildings nearby. This picture appears in the following picture tour: Camera Make: SONY Model: DSC-W200 |
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Old Weavers House This picture appears in the following picture tour: Camera Make: SONY Model: DSC-W200 |
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The Friars This picture appears in the following picture tour: Camera Make: SONY Model: DSC-W200 |
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Crooked door of Sir John Boys House This picture appears in the following picture tours: Camera Make: SONY Model: DSC-W200 |
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St Martin's Church It seems highly probable that St Martin's predates the arrival of St Augustine in 597. At that time Kent was ruled by King Ethelbert, who had married a Frankish princess Bertha. Bertha was already Christian, and when she came to Kent she brought her private chaplain. She worshipped in an existing Roman (Christian) church. From the description of that Roman church it seems likely that it was the building that is now St Martin's. This picture appears in the following picture tour: Camera Make: SONY Model: DSC-W200 |
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St Martin's Church St Martin's can claim to be the oldest Church in England and the oldest still in regular use. St Augustine set up a Church here when he arrived in Kent in 597 AD to convert the inhabitants to Christianity. St Martin's thus forms part of the Canterbury World Heritage Site, along with Canterbury Cathedral and St Augustine's Abbey. Unlike those other two historic attractions, St Martin's remains unknown to most visitors to Canterbury, and that's a real shame, for it is a lovely historic building. This picture appears in the following picture tours: Camera Make: SONY Model: DSC-W200 |
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St George's Tower St George's Tower is all that remains of the medieval Church of St George the Martyr. The Church is best known as the place where playwrite Christopher Marlowe was baptised. The Church was partly damaged by German bomb on 1 June, 1942. That same raid totally destroyed the nearby house in which Christopher Marlowe was born. The Church was demolished in 1955, but the Tower was saved to stand as a historic landmark. This picture appears in the following picture tour: Camera Make: HP Model: HP pstc4200 |
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Palace Street, Sir John Boys House It is the 17th century half-timbered building, named in memory of Sir John Boys, an MP and the first recorder of Canterbury (d. 1612). The most noticeable feature is the front door, which has had to be built with severly skewed corners to fit to door frame. This picture appears in the following picture tours: Camera Make: SONY Model: DSC-W200 |
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King's School King's School is the oldest school in Britain, established by St Augustine shortly after his arrival in Kent in 597 AD. Initially that school would have served primarily to train priests, but by the late 7th century the school had attained a reputation for learning that drew scholars from across Britain. In 1541 Henry VIII established a new school, housed in many of the former monastic buildings surrounding the Cathedral. Among the famous students who have attended King's School over the years are William Harvey, Somerset Maugham, Hugh Walpole, Christopher Marlowe, John Tradescant. This picture appears in the following picture tours: Camera Make: SONY Model: DSC-W200 |
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High Street, the Lady Luck This picture appears in the following picture tours: Camera Make: SONY Model: DSC-W200 |
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High Street, the Black Griffin This picture appears in the following picture tours: Camera Make: SONY Model: DSC-W200 |
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High Street, site of Black Friars Gate The Black Friars Gate was erected in 1340 and demolished in 1787. This picture appears in the following picture tour: Camera Make: SONY Model: DSC-W200 |
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Canterbury West Gate Tower Generations of medieval pilgrims passed under the gatehouse arch on their way to the shrine of Thomas a Becket at Canterbury Cathedral. Road traffic now flows through the arch. The present West Gate was built by Archbishop Sudbury to replace an earlier Roman gate through the city walls and was finished in 1380. The road still passes between its drum towers, and there is just enough room for a double-decker bus to pass beneath. This picture appears in the following picture tour: Camera Make: SONY Model: DSC-W200 |
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Canterbury Christ Church University One of Canterbury's two Universities. The other being Kent University. This picture appears in the following picture tour: Camera Make: SONY Model: DSC-W200 |
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Oriental Plane at Westgate Gardens Oriental Plane (Platanus Orientals), 200 years old and 25 foot wide. This picture appears in the following picture tours: Camera Make: SONY Model: DSC-W200 |
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Medieval Ducking Stool At the rear of the Old Weavers House is a medieval Ducking Stool, jutting out over the river. It was historically used as a method of punishing 'scolds' - women accused by their husbands of talking back too much. The Stool may also have been used as a more severe punishment for suspected witches. The suspected witch was dunked under the water and held there for several minutes. If she (it was usually a female) did not drown, she was proved a witch. If she drowned, at least her name was cleared. This picture appears in the following picture tours: Camera Make: SONY Model: DSC-W200 |
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An old medieval archway at the Westgate Gardens This picture appears in the following picture tour: Camera Make: SONY Model: DSC-W200 |
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