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There are several dating features on both this print and subsequent ones and inspection of the church today that suggest that the photograph is probably correctly dated at 1888. The pews shown were installed in that year, replacing an earlier box version. A memorial tablet on the wall in commemorating the life of a local lady who died in 1888 does not appear although it is present on a photograph of 1902. I would suggest that the photograph was taken in 1888 to show the new pews "in situ."
Marten Rogers
Contributed by Marten Rogers
The present day hospital.
St John's Hospital is home to 35 elderly people. 24 live in the older part. There are 6 houses each holding 4 flats. House six can be seen in the photo, it stands alongside the hospital chapel. The chapel is used twice a week by the residents. Beyond the chapel and graveyard are two more modern buildings, St John's House is about 40 years old and comprises of 2 flats, one of which is occupied by the chaplain of he hospital. Alongside St John's House is St Elisabeth House. It has 8 flats and is for the more frail of our residents. It was built in 1999 and took the name of St ...read more here
Contributed by Susan Hedges
Kent memories
There are several dating features on both this print and subsequent ones and inspection of the church today that suggest that the photograph is probably correctly dated at 1888. The pews shown were installed in that year, replacing an earlier box version. A memorial tablet on the wall in commemorating the life of a local lady who died in 1888 does not appear although it is present on a photograph of 1902. I would suggest that the photograph was taken in 1888 to show the new pews "in situ."
Marten Rogers
A memory of Canterbury contributed by Marten Rogers
The present day hospital.
St John's Hospital is home to 35 elderly people. 24 live in the older part. There are 6 houses each holding 4 flats. House six can be seen in the photo, it stands alongside the hospital chapel. The chapel is used twice a week by the residents. Beyond the chapel and graveyard are two more modern buildings, St John's House is about 40 years old and comprises of 2 flats, one of which is occupied by the chaplain of he hospital. Alongside St John's House is St Elisabeth House. It has 8 flats and is for the more frail of our residents. It was built in 1999 and took the name of St ...read more here
A memory of Canterbury contributed by Susan Hedges
Extracts From Canterbury & Kent books
Since Saxon times, Canterbury has been the spiritual capital of England. The cathedral was rebuilt in the 12th century, when it began to assume the form in which we see it today. It was here that Thomas ŕ Becket was murdered in 1170, and the city has been a place of pilgrimage ever since. In this fine study, the huge west front dominates the scene.
An extract from from"50 Classics - Cathedrals".
This magnificent cathedral heralds the beginning of English Christianity: Augustine was appointed its first archbishop in 597. Over the centuries it has been witness to fire and murder. In 1170 its then archbishop, Thomas a Becket, was slaughtered there by four knights of Henry II. By the late 19th century the Pilgrims' Way through London to Kent had brought many visitors to its doors.
An extract from from"Kent Revisited Photographic Memories".
The crypt dates from Norman times, and it is considered to be one of the finest in the world. Note the decorative carving on the pillars, which is similar to that at Durham Cathedral. This atmospheric early photograph emphasises the awesome majesty and ancient mysteries of the Christian tradition.
An extract from from"50 Classics - Cathedrals".
This Victorian snapshot of what is arguably the country's most famous landmark gives us a westerly view of the spectacular Bell Harry Tower. Most parts of the building seen here would have been familiar to the medieval writer, Geoffrey Chaucer - author of 'The Canterbury Tales'.
An extract from from"Kent Revisited Photographic Memories".
After a disastrous fire in 1174, the new choir was designed by William of Sens, a French master mason who was versed in the Gothic style of northern France, with its pointed arches and universal stone-built ribbed vaults. Canterbury’s immense prestige meant that the style chosen became the English norm; it sounded the death-knell of the already declining Anglo-Norman style. William fell from the scaffolding, and his mighty work was completed by William the Englishman.
An extract from from"50 Classics - Cathedrals".