Canterbury

The city fathers, too, took their share in the festivals, among other entertainments providing a pageant of the Martyrdom; and here follow a few quaint extracts from an account...

present fine porch; he was a man of energy, and to him and to those whom he inspired to do his biddings Canterbury owes a great debt. Erasmus has described for us the figures th...

From this desecration we turn to the leafy walks that surround the Dane John, that mysterious mound whose principal use has been to afford sport for etymological antiquaries. Do...

The two western transepts are the building of Prior Chillenden. Opening out of the southern is the chapel of St Michael or the Warrior’s Chapel, built by whom is uncertain, but,...

“5. At the _ninth hour_, or _three of the clock in the afternoon_: when Christ gave up the ghost, and, which was an hour of publick prayer in the Temple, and privately in his cl...

As we stand upon the summit of Bell Harry Tower--more happily called the Angel Steeple--of Canterbury Cathedral, looking down upon city and countryside, much of the history of E...

We turn back as we go out of the picturesque gate and across the road to the high footpath, and see that still the banks on either side are steep and abrupt. We pass the parish...