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St. Peters Grove, CANTERBURY, CT1 2DJ

Typical houses

Typical houses, built around 1883

The house had an air of neglect about it, as the hanging baskets either side of the front door contained dead plants and there were further dead plants in pots on the pavement below.

The only remaining building of the 1st English Franciscan Friary, built in 1267. It was a considerable monastery until the dissolution by Henry VIII in 1538, when the brothers were banished.

Greyfriars Garden, beside the Great Stour, at the heart of the busy city of Canterbury, is the oldest Franciscan site in the UK, where the first Franciscans to come to this country arrived in 1224. Greyfriars Chapel, which may once have been the friary guest house, is all that is left of the 13th century friary.

The medieval wall surrounds the former Greyfriars Friary. Mostly flint with lower courses of stone with some brick courses. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1258493 Canterbury is a small historic city on the River Stour in Kent, some 54 miles southeast of London. Occupied since prehistoric times, it became an important Roman city. In 672, the see of Canterbury gained authority over the entire English Church. After the murder of Archbishop Thomas Becket at the cathedral in 1170, pilgrims from all parts of Christendom came to visit his shrine until the Dissolution. Today, Canterbury is a popular tourist destination and one of the most-visited cities in the United Kingdom. The city has a substantial student population, with four university campuses.

This footpath leads from Stour Street (near the Museum of Canterbury) over the river Great Stour towards St. Peter's Grove.