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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 15 NE 119 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | St George's Church (site of) extant tower |
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Summary
St George's tower, Parish church extant by 1200, enlarged 1871, destroyed 1942. Extant tower mainly 15th century incorporating earlier work
| Grid Reference: | TR 6151 1577 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR61NW |
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| Parish: | CANTERBURY, CANTERBURY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- CHURCH (CHURCH, Medieval to Modern - 1200 AD to 2050 AD)
- TOWER (Medieval to Unknown - 1400 AD)
| Protected Status: | Scheduled Monument KENT 96 |
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Full description
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[TR 15105764] St George's Tower [NR]. (1) TR 151576 St George's Tower. Scheduled No 96. (2) Former tower of St George's Church. Mainly 15th century, but one Romanesque arch and some restoration. (3) St George's Church, Canterbury, extant in 1200 (4a), enlarged and extended in 1871, destroyed 1942. Tower, restored, still stands. Christopher Marlowe baptized here. There was a small surrounding churchyard to the north-east. (4)
Historic England archive material: FL00607 Church of St George the Martyr, St George's Street, Canterbury, Kent This material has not yet been fully catalogued. Copyright, date, and quantity information for this record may be incomplete or inaccurate.
<1> OS 1/2500 (OS Card Reference). SKE48122.
<2> Eng Heritage SAMs Kent 31 Dec 1987 5 No 96 (OS Card Reference). SKE41590.
<3> Hist Builds Survey Cant City Council/RCHME 57035 8 of 29 (OS Card Reference). SKE43892.
<4> CBA Churches Comm Bull 25 1989 - compiled 1984 - 10 11 (T Tatton-Brown) (OS Card Reference). SKE38771.
<5> English Heritage, Register of Scheduled Monuments (Scheduling record). SKE16191.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | OS Card Reference: OS 1/2500. |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: Eng Heritage SAMs Kent 31 Dec 1987 5 No 96. |
| <3> | OS Card Reference: Hist Builds Survey Cant City Council/RCHME 57035 8 of 29. |
| <4> | OS Card Reference: CBA Churches Comm Bull 25 1989 - compiled 1984 - 10 11 (T Tatton-Brown). |
| <5>XY | Scheduling record: English Heritage. Register of Scheduled Monuments. [Mapped feature: #43450 tower and church, ] |
