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The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… for strangers and travellers; and Thorn, the chronicler of St. Augustine's, assures us, that this was the reason why it … in the city of Canterbury, viz. within the parish of St. lphage, on the opposite side of the king's highway … under the description of that parish, in the History of Kent; and I find some of this name and family, who dwelt in …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… 46 Edward III.) on the Monday next before the feast of St. Augustine, a perambulation was made by Nicholas de Baa … liberties at Fyspole, over the lordship of the abbot of St. Augustine's, and there fixed and placed a new wooden … city libertie, he then resigned his post to the sheriff of Kent. This indenture is among the Harleian MSS. in the …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… in an exchange made with the archbishop and the abbot of St. Augustine, who had for it, the latter fourteen, the … in the 12th year of which, Hubert de Burgh, earl of Kent, had, by charter, the custody of it committed to his … the sessions-house for the eastern part of the county of Kent, built partly on the city wall above-mentioned, in 1730; …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… those now remaining, there were only two, viz. St. Martin's without, and St. Alphage's within the walls, … particular account of which is given in the History of Kent, under Chilham. A terrier of this rectory, dated in … in the custody of the gaoler of the gaol of the county of Kent, kept in the parish of St. Dunstan, at such time as such …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… see of it, in which church the blessed martyr, St. Thomas, and his cousin Edward, late prince of Wales, lay … except before excepted, were then in the county of Kent, but should in future be one whole county by itself … and distinct, and utterly separate from the said county of Kent, and should be named and called the county of the city …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… first of them that is found mentioned, excepting that of St. Martin, is that of the four crowned martyrs, taken notice … and not improbably on the same spot of ground where St. Alphage's church now stands; for the flames were driven … a charter of Cnulph, king of Mercia, and Cuthred, king of Kent, anno 804, being a gift to the abbess and her nuns of …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… and survey of the country, from the city of Canterbury to St. Nicholas bay, and to make an estimate of a canal, on … be no great difficulty to make a canal from Canterbury to St. Nicholas bay, which is about ten miles and a half. I have …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… The great high road at another entrance into the city, at St. George's-gate from Dover, being narrow, with several …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… so fully described in the former parts of the History of Kent, that there can be no occasion to repeat them here; I … feet under ground, was met with in digging a cellar in St. Margaret's parish; it was indented, and so firm, that it … about twelve feet deep, with a kirb to it; a little within St. George's gate, in digging a cellar for a new house, the …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… distance northward of the present postern opposite to St. Augustine's abbey; and on the bank on either side of the river behind St. Mildred's church, in the remains of the wall there, where … advised, that the rich jewels of Christ-church and of St. Augustine's, should be removed for more safety to Dover …