Canterbury Collection (page 3)

Canterbury Cathedral from the East End by Terry Whitworth

Canterbury Cathedral by Terry Whitworth

Canterbury, Southern Railway by A.F.D. Bannister, 1933. Date: 1933

The Altar Screen - The parish church of St Mary and St Thomas of Canterbury, Wymondham Abbey, Wymondham, Norfolk Date: circa 1920s

West Gate, Canterbury Kent
19th century vintage photograph: West Gate, Canterbury Kent

The Royal Wedding at Westminster Abbey - Princess Margaret and Mr Anthony Armstrong-Jones kneel before The Archbishop of Canterbury Geoffrey Fisher - May 6, 1960 Date: 1960

The Coronation of King George VI - The Homage
circa 1910s

Photograph of Cherry Tree PH, Canterbury, Kent. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Left Face on view of the pub

Photograph of Canterbury Arms, Islington, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Face on view of the pub. The back of the print (available on request) details: Trading Record 1913

The old Tabard Inn
The Tabard was a historic inn that stood on the east side of Borough High Street in Southwark. The hostelry was established in 1307

Portrait of Frances Diana, daughter of Viscount Canterbury
Portrait of Frances Diana, daughter of Charles Manners-Sutton, 1st Viscount Canterbury. Seated on a cushion, she wears her hair in plaits and curls, and wears a dress decorated with lace

Children of Thomas Egerton, 2nd Earl of Wilton
Viscount Grey de Wilton and Elizabeth Grey Egerton, children of the Thomas Egerton, 2nd Earl of Wilton. Daughter in ringlets and frilly dress holding a doll

Relics associated with Thomas a Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury - ivory grace cup (centre), two mitres (left: Sens Abbey, Normandy; right: at one time the property of Cardinal Manning)

Reform and Anti-Reform
Reform Bill - Reform and Anti-Reform - depiction of a naval battle between two ships, with the Reform ship winning. " The Portraits of the King, Lords Brougham, Russell, Grey

Sandbags protecting statue of the Black Prince, Sept 1939
As one of the many precautionary measures taken to protect Canterbury Cathedral from bombing, the statue and grave of the Black Prince was surrounded by neatly piled sandbags. Date: 1939

Burying the stalls of Canterbury Cathedral Nave, Sept 1939
Men burying the stalls of the nave in Canterbury Cathedral in order to protect them from air raid damage. The Sphere describes how a train was used to transport the tons of earth to the Cathedral for

Canterbury Cathedral Crypt supports, September 1939
Photograph of the 843-year-old crypt of Canterbury Cathedral in which the apex of the vaulting has been supported with a series of wooden beams as a precaution against potential air raid damage

Old Ducking Stool, Fordwich, near Canterbury, Kent. circa 1923

Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales -- Knight and Squire
Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales -- the Knight and the Squire. Date: 14th century

Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales -- Canons Yeomans Tale
Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales -- The Canons Yeomans Tale, a two-part story about alchemists. Showing the Canon announcing his secret to the Priest, the Canon stirring the crucible

Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales -- The Nuns Priests Tale, a mock heroic story about a cockerel named Chanticleer (Chauntecleer), his wife Pertelote, and a wily fox. Date: 1845

Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales -- The Franklins Tale, a romantic story set in Brittany, about a couple, Dorigen and Arveragus, who decide that their marriage will be an equal one

Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales -- The Squires Tale, an unfinished (interrupted) story in the form of an epic romance about Genghis Khan (named here Cambuscan or Cambyuscan)

Dr Randall Davidson, Archbishop of Canterbury
Dr Randall Davidson (1848-1930), Archbishop of Canterbury from 1903 until 1928. 1923

The British Valhalla -- Archbishop Thomas Becket
The British Valhalla -- Bishop of Exeter at Northampton, supplicating Archbishop Thomas Becket to submit to King Henry II, and the reconciliation at Montmirail in France

Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales -- The Friars Tale, showing the corrupt Summoner, the Devil and the Widow. Date: 1845

Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales -- The Wife of Baths Tale (left). Also including the Knight solving the riddle (centre) and the Knight on his travels (right). Date: 14th century

Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales -- The Man of Laws Tale, about the life of Constance, or Custance, Christian daughter of the emperor of Rome

Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales -- The Knights Tale. Palamon in the Temple of Mars, Arcite in the Temple of Venus. Date: 1845

Wild Canterbury bells, Phacelia minor (Whitlavia grandiflora). Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaires Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe

Outbreak of WWII - removing Canterburys priceless glass
The stained glass in the east windows of Canterbury Cathedral, being removed as a precaution after the outbreak of war in September 1939. Date: 1939

Henry Chichele, Archbishop of Canterbury
Henry Chichele or Checheley (c.1364-1443), Archbishop of Canterbury (1414-1443) and founder of All Souls College, Oxford. 15th century

The Parish Council Bill debated in the House of Lords
The Parish Council Bill in the House of Lords - Archbishop of Canterbury speaking on the second reading

John Peckham, Archbishop of Canterbury
John (Johannis) Peckham (1230-1292), Archbishop of Canterbury from 1279 to 1292. He was a native of Sussex, educated at Lewes Priory, becoming a Friar Minor about 1250

Wycliffe explains his thoughts before the Archbishop
John Wycliffe (circa 1320s 1384) -an English scholastic philosopher, theologian, biblical translator, reformer, priest, and a seminary professor at the University of Oxford

King John signs the Magna Carta at Runnymede
John, King of England (1166-1216) signs the Magna Carta (Magna Carta Libertatum or The Great Charter of the Liberties of England) - forced onto him by the feudal barons

The Martyrdom, the place within (below the wall plaque) Canterbury Cathedral, Kent, England, where Thomas a Becket (Archbishop of Canterbury) was assassinated in 1170. Date: 29 December 1170

Wonderful sculptured figures of Kings and Bishops on the West Front of Canterbury Catherdral, Kent, England. Date: Medieval

A guided tour inside Canterbury Cathedral, Kent, England. Date: 1950s

A fine view of Canterbury Cathedral, Kent, England, seen from the Precincts. Date: circa 1960

A splendid interior view of Canterbury Cathedral, Kent, England, looking from the Corona West, down the vast length of the Choir. The West Window shown over the Screen. Date: late 1940s

South West view of Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, Kent, England. Date: late 1940s

Greyfriars Friary Chapel Canterbury, Kent, England
circa 1910s

Archbishop of York - Dr William Temple
Date: 1937

Cosmo Gordon Lang - Archbishop of Canterbury
Cosmo Gordon Lang, 1st Baron Lang of Lambeth, Archbishop of Canterbury(1864-1945), who officiated at the coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth at Westminster Abbey on 12th May 1937

Canterbury Union Workhouse proposal 1846
An isometrical view of the proposed Workhouse to be built at Canterbury, Kent. The design was presented by Henry Parker, a former Assistant Poor Law Commissioner, at a meeting in November 1846

Opening of Canterbury and Ramsgate railway 1846
Departure of the first train from Canterbury. Date: February 1846

Martyrdom of Saint Thomas Becket
Becket had been a trusted friend of Henry II, King of England, but they became entangled in a quarrel over the rights of the Church

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