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The New Canterbury Guide. An Accurate Account of the Antiquities of Canterbury, Etc. [With Plates.]
The new Canterbury Guide-Book
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Author: AnonymousPublisher: Palala Press
ISBN: 9781347835289
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Pages : 106
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First Proofs of the Universal Catalogue of Books on Art
Author: National Art Library (Great Britain)Publisher:
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 1046
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Universal Catalogue of Books on Art: A to K
Author: National Art Library (Great Britain)Publisher: New York : B. Franklin
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Languages : en
Pages : 1046
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The First Proofs of the Universal Catalogue of Books on Art Compiled for the Use of the National Art Library and the Schools of Art in the United Kingdom by Order of the Lords of the Committee of Council on Education
Author: Great Britain. Department of Science and ArtPublisher:
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Pages : 1044
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The First Proofs of the Universal Catalogue of Books on Art
Author: ohne AutorPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
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Category : Art
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Pages : 1034
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Reprint of the original, first published in 1870.
The New Canterbury Guide
Author: The New Canterbury Guide-Book; an Accurate Account of the Antiquities of Canterbury. Forming a Complete Hand Book for the Visitor, to This Ancient Cit
Author: AnonymousPublisher: Theclassics.Us
ISBN: 9781230471051
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Pages : 22
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1860 edition. Excerpt: ... THE NEW CANTERBURY GUIDE. GENERAL SURVEY OF THE CITY. The Saxon Cantuaria, or City of the Men of Kent, is one of the most interesting and most ancient of English cities. In the words of an old native historian It is seated in a pleasant valley, about a mile wide, between hills of a moderate height and easy ascent, with springs rising from them; besides which, the river Stour runs through it, whose streams, by often dividing and meeting again, water it plentifully, and forming islands of various sizes, in one of which, formerly called Binnewith, the western part of our city stands, make the air good and the soil rich. Such a situation could hardly want inhabitants, while these parts had any inhabitants at all; nor was any spot more likely to unite numbers in forming a neighborhood, or a city, than one so well prepared by nature for defence and cultivation. It was a city or great town in the time of the ancient Britons. The ancient British name seems to have been Durwhern, signifying a swift river; and the Stour, which runs through and by the city in two branches, was rather a rapid stream. Ancient British weapons made of copper, and commonly called 'celts, ' as well as various personal ornaments, are still occasionally found in turning up the soil; and it is probable that the tumulus or mound in the Dane John was of a British origin. The Romans latinized the name of the city into Durovernum; and in their time it was a place of considerable importance; it was here that the Roman military roads to Dover and Lympne, their two principal havens on the Kentish Coast, united. Very many Roman coins have been discovered; and the flat hard Roman brick is to be detected in many of the old buildings, Durovernum is marked conspicuously in the...