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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 15 NW 319 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | St Andrew's church (site of) |
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Summary
Site of the Mediaeval parish church of St Andrew. 11th century foundation demolished in 1763. It was rebuilt South of The Parade.
| Grid Reference: | TR 14953 57768 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR15NW |
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| Parish: | CANTERBURY, CANTERBURY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- CHURCH (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon to Post Medieval - 1001 AD to 1763 AD)
Full description
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(TR 1495557750) St Andrew's Church (Rectory) [NAT]. (1) St Andrews's Church, Canterbury. 11th century foundation in the middle of The Parade. Pulled down in 1763, rebuilt 1775 south of the Parade, which was closed in 1882 and demolished 1956. No churchyard. (2) The 18th century tower of St Andrew's Church was demolished in reconstructing Westminster Bank. A case in the hall contains materials from the site and that of the older church, and an account of the history by Dr William Urry. (3) William I gave the church of St Andrew to the abbey in exchange for dwellings belonging to the abbey, cleared to build the castle. (4) In High Street, just after passing the end of Mercery Lane, the original pavement of the old St Andrew's Church was found 2 feet underthe present surface. The paving consisted of tombstones covering the graves of former inhabitants of the parish, with inscriptions quite perfect. Some half-decayed coffins and bones were also thrown up by the workmen and some well known to have been personages of some note in the city. One was as late a date as 1764 and another 1753. (5, 6)
<1> OS 1:500 1874 (OS Card Reference). SKE48230.
<2> CBA Churches Comm Bull 25 1989 - compiled 1984 - 11 (T Tatton-Brown) (OS Card Reference). SKE38773.
<3> Arch Cant 73 1959 xlv (HM Rand) (OS Card Reference). SKE35546.
<4> Canterbury under the Angevin Kings 1967 208 (W Urry) (OS Card Reference). SKE38559.
<5> Arch 43 1871 155 (J Pilbrow) (OS Card Reference). SKE34414.
<6> Tatton-Brown, Tim., 1980, Canterbury Parish Churches (Unpublished document). SKE28328.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | OS Card Reference: OS 1:500 1874. |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: CBA Churches Comm Bull 25 1989 - compiled 1984 - 11 (T Tatton-Brown). |
| <3> | OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 73 1959 xlv (HM Rand). |
| <4> | OS Card Reference: Canterbury under the Angevin Kings 1967 208 (W Urry). |
| <5> | OS Card Reference: Arch 43 1871 155 (J Pilbrow). |
| <6>XY | Unpublished document: Tatton-Brown, Tim.. 1980. Canterbury Parish Churches. [Mapped feature: #764 Site of church, ] |
