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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 15 NW 318 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | All Saints Church (site of) |
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Summary
All Saints Church. Demolished in 1937. The churchyard is still extant.
| Parish: | CANTERBURY, CANTERBURY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- CEMETERY (Medieval to Modern - 1200 AD to 2050 AD)
- CHURCH (CHURCH, Medieval to Modern - 1200 AD to 1937 AD)
Full description
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[TR 14825792] All Saints' Ch [NAT] (rectory) [NAT]. (1) Mentioned 1361. Rebuilt in modern times. Demolished pre 1939. (2) All Saints Church, Canterbury. Extant by 1200 (3a) completely rebuilt1828. Demolished 1937. Churchyard still exists. Tower taken down for street widening c1769-70. (3) Remains of All Saints' Church, extant by c1200. (See Illustration Card). (4-5)
During the cutting of trenches, gate peirs and a soakaway the original cemetery boundary wall, of chalk block construction set in hard off-white mortar, was located against Best Lane (6)
The Canterbury UAD mentions that the churchyard and headstones of All Saints Church still exist, and the Medieval Patron was the Abbey of St Augustines. (7-8)
<1> OS 25" 1898 (OS Card Reference). SKE48255.
<2> Arch J 86 1930 24 270-8 (G Home) (OS Card Reference). SKE36727.
<3> CBA Churches Comm Bull 25 1989 (compiled 1984) 11 (T Tatton-Brown) (OS Card Reference). SKE38779.
<4> Canterbury's Archaeology 11th Ann Rep 1986-7 15-6 (OS Card Reference). SKE38568.
<5> Cant Arch Trust Ann Rep 1983-84 44 (OS Card Reference). SKE38499.
<6> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 1990, Canterbury's Archaeology 1988-1989, page 7 (Monograph). SKE6722.
<7> Tatton-Brown, Tim., 1980, Canterbury Parish Churches (Unpublished document). SKE28328.
<8> Urry, W., 1967, Canterbury under the Angevin Kings (Monograph). SKE28529.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | OS Card Reference: OS 25" 1898. |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: Arch J 86 1930 24 270-8 (G Home). |
| <3> | OS Card Reference: CBA Churches Comm Bull 25 1989 (compiled 1984) 11 (T Tatton-Brown). |
| <4> | OS Card Reference: Canterbury's Archaeology 11th Ann Rep 1986-7 15-6. |
| <5> | OS Card Reference: Cant Arch Trust Ann Rep 1983-84 44. |
| <6> | Monograph: Canterbury Archaeological Trust. 1990. Canterbury's Archaeology 1988-1989. page 7. |
| <7>XY | Unpublished document: Tatton-Brown, Tim.. 1980. Canterbury Parish Churches. [Mapped feature: #761 Demolished church, ] |
| <8> | Monograph: Urry, W.. 1967. Canterbury under the Angevin Kings. |
