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Gas Street, CANTERBURY, CT1 2PR

Viewed from inside the city walls near Rheims Way. Castle Street can be seen on the right. The castle was largely built in the reign of Henry I and by the 13th century had become the county gaol. In the 19th century it was used by a gas company as a storage centre for gas, which explains why the street to the north of the ruins is called Gas Street. It is now owned by the local authority.

This oast house in Gas Street was built in the mid 19th century. Constructed of red brick with a large square oast with a hipped roof. The rear elevation has a tiled roof in two hips and a hoist. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1085017 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.

Part of the stationary engine used on an incline on the Canterbury - Whitstable railway in the 1830s - presently located behind the castle in Gas Street I was informed that this photo was used to help persuade the local authority to take the historic cylinder into care. A later photo - https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5030348 - shows that it is no longer there.

Built in the 11th & 12th centuries. This is all that remains of the Great Hall & residential quarters.

The Norman castle in the background.

Canterbury Castle is now just the remains of a square Norman keep. Erected between 1086 and 1120 the castle became less important after Dover Castle was built. Constructed in bands of flint and Caen stone blocks. The keep is 87 by 75 feet externally and the walls are 9 ft thick. Listed, grade I, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1252100 A Scheduled Ancient Monument with much history and detail at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1005194 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.