The Church of Canterbury.
Location: Canterbury, Kent
Facts:
• Mother Church of the Anglican Communion and seat of the Archbishop of Canterbury.
• The Church began back in 597 AD when St Augustine was sent by Pope Gregory the Great as a missionary. From here St Augustine established his seat in Canterbury.
• In 1770 Archbishop Thomas Becket was murdered in the Cathedral by four knights who misunderstood King Henry Vll message.
• The Library contains about 30,000 books and pamphlets printed before 1900, and an expanding collection of some 20,000 books and serials published in the 20th and 21st century.
• Many stain glass windows from the 12th and early 13th centuries still exist today.
