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Arch in South Wall of St Pancras's Chapel, St Augustine's Abbey, Canterbury
St Pancras's Chapel was the smallest and most easterly of the three churches in the Abbey complex. This arch shows the re-use of Roman brick that was characteristic of the early English ecclesiastical buildings in Canterbury.
East end of St Pancras's Chapel, St Augustine's Abbey, Canterbury
The abbey complex of St Augustine, founded by the missionary outside Canterbury's city walls, contained three churches, of which this is the easternmost. The surviving sections, which clearly re-use brick from former Roman buildings, include the…
Footings of Wulfric's Rotunda, St Augustine's Abbey, Canterbury
In about 1050 Wulfric, abbot of St Augustine's Abbey, decided to join the two early churches of SS Peter & Paul (the first on the site) and St Mary (built directly behind it on the same alignment), to create a single large church. To do this he…
Grave marker of Augustine
Marker showing the original position of the grave of St Augustine (d.605, 1st Archbishop of Canterbury). It would have been near the altar in the church of SS Peter & Paul at St Augustine's Abbey, Canterbury. The tomb was destroyed when the Normans…
Grave marker of Justus
Marker showing the original position of the grave of Justus (d.634, 1st Bishop of Rochester and 4th Archbishop of Canterbury), in the Porticus of St Gregory, the chapel along the north wall of the church of SS Peter & Paul at St Augustine's Abbey,…
Grave marker of King Eadbald
While the archbishops of Canterbury were buried in the church of SS Peter & Paul at St Augustine's Abbey, the kings of Kent were buried in the smaller church of St Mary, built in a line behind it. This marker shows the position of the grave of King…
Grave marker of King Hlothhere
While the archbishops of Canterbury were buried in the church of SS Peter & Paul at St Augustine's Abbey, the kings of Kent were buried in the smaller church of St Mary, built in a line behind it. This marker shows the position of the grave of King…
Grave marker of King Mul
While the archbishops of Canterbury were buried in the church of SS Peter & Paul at St Augustine's Abbey, the kings of Kent were buried in the smaller church of St Mary, built in a line behind it. This marker shows the position of the grave of King…
Grave marker of King Wihtred
While the archbishops of Canterbury were buried in the church of SS Peter & Paul at St Augustine's Abbey, the kings of Kent were buried in the smaller church of St Mary, built in a line behind it. This marker shows the position of the grave of King…
Grave marker of Laurence
Marker showing the original position of the grave of Laurence (d.619, 2nd Archbishop of Canterbury), in the Porticus of St Gregory, the chapel along the north wall of the church of SS Peter & Paul at St Augustine's Abbey, Canterbury.