Canterbury

Canterbury is a cathedral city in the county of Kent in southeast England. Canterbury is the seat of the Archbishop of Canterbury, the primate (religion) of the Church of England. ==History== ===Early history=== There has been a settlement since prehistoric times. Bronze Age finds, and Neolithic round barrows have been discovered in the area; and before the Roman Britain arrival ''Durovernum'' was the most important settlement in Kent. Canterbury (known in Latin as ''Durovernum Cantiacorum'') became a Roman administrative centre: it lay at the junction of three roads from their ports of ''Regulbium'' (Reculver), ''Dubris'' (Dover) and ''Lemanis'' (Lympne); and it stood on what has become known as Watling Street. The city walls and gates remain. The name Canterbury derives from the Old English ''Cantwarebyrig'', meaning "fortress of the men of Kent". ===Religious significance=== St Augustine built a priory on the site of the present cathedral precincts in 597AD. He also built an abbey outside the city walls where he was buried: as were other early Archbishop of Canterbury. Canterbury Cathedral is the burial place of King Henry IV of England and of Edward the Black Prince, but is most famous as the scene of the murder of Thomas a Becket in 1170. As a result of this event, Canterbury became a major pilgrimage site, inspiring Geoffrey Chaucer to write ''The Canterbury Tales'' in 1387. The Hospital of St Thomas, Canterbury was a place of lodging for pilgrims in the city. The city is also associated with the family of Thomas More and was the birthplace of Christopher Marlowe. St Augustine's Abbey was destroyed during the Dissolution of the Monasteries ordered by Henry VIII, although ruins remain. During this time the Church of England separated from Rome. Canterbury became the centre of the new Church of England, although a Catholic shrine remains. At the same time, the ancient religious school was refounded as the '''King's School'''. *[http://www.canterburytrust.co.uk/schools/keysites/staug.htm A comprehensive article on the Abbey is here]. ===More recent history=== French Protestant refugees settled in the city during the sixteenth century: here they introduced silk During World War II the city was severely damaged by bombing after it was selected as one of the cities in England to be targeted by the Luftwaffe in the Baedeker Blitz. In 1944 the city was celebrated by film directors Michael Latham Powell and Emeric Pressburger in their film A Canterbury Tale. Canterbury today is a major city for tourism with Canterbury Cathedral alone attracting 1.2 million visitors in 2001. It still contains many ancient buildings and modern building development within the medieval town centre is strictly regulated. As of 2004 the Whitefriars area is undergoing major redevelopment and the associated archeological research is called the "Big Dig". ==Demographics== *Population (Census figures): ** 1801: 9,500 ** 1861: 16,700 ** 1921: 18,900 ** 1961: 30,400 ** 2001: 42,258 Other statistics for 2001 include: ***Ethnicity: 94% white. No other classification exceeds 2% ***Area: 1 E7 m� Square kilometre ***Density: 1,795 / km� **** Figures for 1801-1961 taken from ''Kent History Illustrated'' Frank W Jessup [KCC, 1966] ==Government== [[Image:KentCanterburyCity.png|right|thumb|Canterbury (darkest shade) is only part of the City of Canterbury District, in Kent]] The Districts of England City of Canterbury covers an area some 13 times larger than the city of Canterbury itself, and includes Herne Bay and Whitstable. The city contains the district wards of Barton, Northgate, St Stephens, Westgate and Wincheap, plus part of the University of Kent (which straddles the city boundary) in the otherwise rural Blean Forest ward. Since October 7, 2004 the 5 wards entirely within the city have been represented by 9 Liberal Democrats (UK), 3 Conservative Party (UK) and 2 Labour Party (UK) councillors, out of the total 50 members of the district council. The south-western end of Canterbury comprises the Civil parish of 'Thanington without', the rest of the city is unparished. The Canterbury (UK Parliament constituency) of Canterbury is represented in Parliament by the Conservative Member of Parliament Julian Brazier, a Shadow Trade Minister. Canterbury itself is twin towns with Reims in France, while the district participates in the Sister Cities programme with links to Bloomington, Illinois, Illinois, USA, and Vladimir, Russia. ==Communications== ===Railway=== Canterbury has two railway stations: Canterbury West, served primarily from Charing Cross railway station with limited services from Victoria as well as by trains to Ramsgate and Margate; and Canterbury East on the service from Victoria Station (London) (journey time around 88 minutes) to Dover. These services are operated by South Eastern Trains. The West station was the earliest to be built. It was opened by the South Eastern Railway from Ashford, Kent on 6 February 1846; on 13 April the line to Ramsgate was completed. Canterbury East is the more central of the two stations, although it came later, being opened by the London, Chatham and Dover Railway on 9 July 1860. Canterbury was also the terminus of the South Eastern Railway which was a pioneer line, opened in 1830, and finally closed in 1953. The locomotive which originally worked the line, ''Invicta'', is displayed at the Museum. ===Road=== Canterbury is by-passed by the main A2 road London to Dover Road. It is about 45 miles from the junction with the M25 motorway London orbital motorway, and 61 miles from central London. The other main road through Canterbury is the A28 road from Ashford, Kent to Ramsgate and Margate. The hourly National Express coach service to and from Victoria Coach Station is typically scheduled to take 110 minutes. ==Educational establishments== The city has many students as it is home to several Higher Education institutions and other colleges. The University of Kent at Canterbury stands on a hill about two miles outside the city centre. Chaucer College is an independent graduate college for Japanese students within the campus of the University. Near the University of Kent is the Franciscan International Study Centre [http://www.franciscans.ac.uk], a place of study for the worldwide Franciscan Order. Canterbury Christ Church University College [http://www.cant.ac.uk/] is located in the city as is one of the campuses of the Kent Institute of Art and Design. There is also the Further Education institution, Canterbury College (UK). ==Sundry information== The Postcode for the Canterbury area is CT. The telephone area code is 01227. The city gave its name to a musical genre known as the Canterbury sound or Canterbury scene (a subgenre of Progressive Rock). The homeless charity the Scrine Foundation is based in Canterbury. Projects included work on the Street Life Theatre. ==External links== [http://www.thanington-pc.gov.uk/ Parish Council of Thanington Without] [http://www.canterburytrust.co.uk/news/newspg.htm#bigdig Canterbury Big Dig] [http://www.scrine.org The Scrine Foundation] Towns in Kent

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Someone might want to include this public domain 16th century map of Canterbury, http://www.cts.edu/FacHomePages/images/Rural%20England/Image16.jpg --User:Imran "Canterbury today is a major tourist centre, second only to London." (my emphasis) Does anyone know if this is true? I'd have bet good money that Canterbury would be a less popular tourist destination than Oxford, Cambridge or Stratford, for a start. User:Harry R I don't know, but because Canterbury is so close to France it is ''always'' full of French tourists - it's a very easy day trip. So it's not so unlikely. User:Redlentil 22:21, 1 Oct 2004 (UTC) * Not according to the UK National Statistics [http://www.statistics.gov.uk/STATBASE/ssdataset.asp?vlnk=6491 1]. Have changed page accordingly. User:CheekyMonkey 17:02, 17 Oct 2004 (UTC) == Hospital of St Thomas == Is it me, or does that section read like it has been plagiarised from somewhere? Even if it hasn't been, it feels out of place with the rest of the article as (1) the article doesn't go into anywhere near as much detail about anywhere else in the city and (2) the style of language seems far too formal. Perhaps it should be a separate article? St Thomas Hospital I've never read such a dreadful piece of purple prose in all my life! Can someone turn it into standard English and take out the floral twirls? :I've moved it to its own page, The Hospital of St Thomas, Canterbury, with a link from here and marked it for cleanup. It reads like something pulled from Edward Hasted's survey of Kent 200 years ago so I don't think it's a copyvio. User:Adamsan 18:26, 20 Feb 2005 (UTC)

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