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Canterbury: Area, History and Background
Riding are well acquainted with the United Kingdom, its cities and towns.
Below is some historic, cultural and background information about the area of Canterbury in the United Kingdom.
- Canterbury is an English city which lies at the heart of the City of Canterbury, a district of Kent in South East England.
- It lies on the River Stour.
- Many historical structures remain in Canterbury, including a city wall founded in Roman times and rebuilt in the 14th century.
- It suffered great loss of life during Danish raids.
- In 978, Archbishop Dunstan refounded the abbey built by Augustine, and named it St Augustine's Abbey.
- After the murder of Archbishop Thomas Becket at the cathedral in 1170, it became one of the most notable towns in Europe, as pilgrims from all parts of Christendom came to visit his shrine.
- Canterbury is associated with several saints from this period who lived in Canterbury:
- The Black Death hit it in 1348.
- Canterbury received its own radio station in CTFM, now KMFM Canterbury,in 1997.
- Between 1999 and 2005, its Whitefriars shopping centre underwent major redevelopment.
- Canterbury's urban area consists of the six electoral wards of Barton, Harbledown, Northgate, St Stephens, Westgate, and Wincheap.
- It became a county corporate in 1461, and later a county borough under the Local Government Act 1888.
- In 1974 Canterbury lost its status as the smallest county borough in England, after the Local Government Act 1972, and came under the control of Kent County Council.
- Canterbury is located in east Kent, about 55 miles (89 km) east-southeast of London.
- @city' is near to the coastal towns of Herne Bay and Whitstable to the north, and Faversham which is 8 miles (13 km) to the northwest.
- Nearby villages to Canterbury include Rough Common, Sturry and Tyler Hill.
- It is on the River Stour or Great Stour, flowing from its source at Lenham north-east through Ashford to the English Channel at Sandwich.
- The river divides south east of Canterbury, one branch flowing though Canterbury, the other around the position of the former walls.
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