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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 15 NE 1648 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Medieval City Wall between Queningate and Northgate |
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Summary
Thomas Chillenden, Prior 1391-1411, organised the repair of the walls between Northgate and Queningate. Four square towers were erected at that time and all survive today. By the summer of 1492 Christ Church Priory owned all of the City walls between Burgate and Northgate. More bastions were added during Prior Sellings work on the defences in the 1480's.
| Grid Reference: | TR 1522 5805 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR15NE |
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| Parish: | CANTERBURY, CANTERBURY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- TOWN WALL (Medieval - 1391 AD to 1411 AD)
Full description
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Thomas Chillenden, Prior 1391-1411, organised the repair of the walls between Northgate and Queningate. Four square towers were erected at that time and all survive today. By the summer of 1492 Christ Church Priory owned all of the City walls between Burgate and Northgate. Further bastions were added during Prior Sellings work on the defences in the 1480's.
Frere, SS, Stow, S, and Bennett, P, 1982, Excavations on the Roman and Medieval Defences of Canterbury. (Monograph). SKE28530.
Pratt, S., 1992, 89b Broad Street (Article in serial). SKE30769.
Ward, A. & Bennett, P., 1995, St Mary Northgate (Article in serial). SKE30262.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | --- | Monograph: Frere, SS, Stow, S, and Bennett, P. 1982. Excavations on the Roman and Medieval Defences of Canterbury.. |
| --- | Article in serial: Ward, A. & Bennett, P.. 1995. St Mary Northgate. |
| --- | Article in serial: Pratt, S.. 1992. 89b Broad Street. Canterbury's Archaeology 1991-2. |
