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The Martyrdom, Canterbury Cathedral – The Martyrdom. Since. A.D. 597, when St. Augustine landed in Kent, the site on which Canterbury Cathedral stands has been occupied by a Christian church. The present edifice dates from 1070, when the old Saxon church was rebuilt by Bishop Lanfranc, the Martyrdom, or north–west transept, was built by Prior Chillenden about 1400. It is revered as the place where Thomas à Becket met with his death at the hands of Henry II's agents in the year 1170.
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English, French
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O:\Archives\SDCW Postcard Collection\UnitedKingdom\Kent-32B
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152 KB
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Keywords
Canterbury (England), Canterbury Cathedral, Anglican churches, Interiors, Historic sites, Becket, Thomas à, approximately 1817-approximately 1871