Medieval History
Plans to protect the medieval heritage of Canterbury by banning traffic passing through the Westgate Towers have been put forward.
The city council is considering creating a pedestrian zone around the grade-I listed towers. It said tourist coaches frequently misjudged the size of the archway and became stuck, eroding the brickwork.
Built in 1380, the structure is thought to be the largest surviving medieval gateway in the UK.
Click here to read this article from the BBC
Click here to read the St Dunstan's and Westgate Towers environmental improvements plans from Canterbury City Council
See also the earlier article Westgate Tower Museum in Canterbury is saved from closure
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Medieval History
Traffic ban proposal for Westgate Towers in Canterbury
The city council is considering creating a pedestrian zone around the grade-I listed towers. It said tourist coaches frequently misjudged the size of the archway and became stuck, eroding the brickwork.
Built in 1380, the structure is thought to be the largest surviving medieval gateway in the UK.
Click here to read this article from the BBC
Click here to read the St Dunstan's and Westgate Towers environmental improvements plans from Canterbury City Council
See also the earlier article Westgate Tower Museum in Canterbury is saved from closure
- Westgate Towers In Canterbury To Be Blocked From Traffic
The massive 14th-century Westgate Towers in Canterbury will no longer see cars passing through its gate, as city officials start a 12-month experimental project to make the roadway accessible only for pedestrians. The aim is to protect and preserve the...
- Ruins Of 13th-century Castle Discovered In Northern England
Archaeologists have discovered the remains of Westgate Castle in the northern English area of Weardale in the North Pennies region. The lost castle once was part of the Bishop of Durham?s great deer park of Stanhope. From the 13th century through until...
- Conservation Works Planned For St. Albans Medieval Clock Tower
The Grade 1 listed building, built between 1403-1412, will be shrouded in scaffolding for approximately 10 weeks so that a survey of it's condition, along with the replacement of wooden slats and some pointing work, can be undertaken. Cllr Sheila...
- Canterbury Celebrates A Thousand Years Of History
A unique glimpse into 1000 years of Canterbury's history was unveiled by broadcaster and renowned historian Dr David Starkey at Canterbury Christ Church University last week. Funded by the National Heritage Lottery Fund, the exhibition Canterbury:...
- Henry Ii, Ivory Liturgical Comb
A liturgical comb, c. 1200, English perhaps Canterbury. Ivory, Metropolitan Museum of Art. Carving shows Henry II giving Thomas Becket the archbishopric of Canterbury. The event occurred in Falaise, Normandy, May 1162. On the right it shows the boat ready...