Canterbury

The Diocese of London in 1714. The present boundaries are far narrower. The Anglican Diocese of London forms part of the Province of Canterbury in England. Historically the diocese covered a large area north of the Thames, and...

In this article: London, Suffragan bishop, Diocese of Rochester, City of London, River Thames, London, and River Lea

...and that is deepening the divisions in society. Leaving London, the road to Canterbury follows the River Thames, the artery so crucial to the founding of the British Empire. Part 2 visits the Chatham Dockyard, where monarchs...

In this article: NPR, Geoffrey Chaucer, Britain, London, England, The Canterbury Tales, Thomas Becket, Charles Dickens, and Canterbury Cathedral

...wood was burned.' People began to settle there and, because it was on the crossroads of the old Roman road from Colchester to London and the route the pilgrims took over the Thames to Canterbury, it grew into a small town. A chapel was built...

In this article: Brentwood, Brentwood School, London, Stephen Moyer, National Express East Anglia, and United Kingdom

...doubling back to finish on The Mall. On Sunday, the first stage of the Tour starts on The Mall and crosses the River Thames three times before heading east and then southeast, ending in Canterbury. Then riders head to the more familiar...

In this article: Tour de France, Ivan Basso, Floyd Landis, Jan Ullrich, Alexandre Vinokourov, Oscar Pereiro, Lance Armstrong, The Mall, London, and Testosterone

...of support for Æthelwulf's claim to the throne. The archbishop of Canterbury, Ceolnoth, also accepted Egbert and Æthelwulf as the lords and protectors of the monasteries under Ceolnoth's control. These agreements, along with a later charter in...

In this article: Egbert of Wessex, Ine of Wessex, Wiglaf of Mercia, Cynewulf, Ealhmund of Kent, and Mercian

...off for the New World in the 1600s. Heading beyond suburbia into the outskirts, the road climbs a hill and, suddenly, opens up to the county of Kent - with Canterbury out in the distance somewhere. The issues rural England faces are not...

In this article: Britain, Geoffrey Chaucer, Europe, London, Jade Goody, British cuisine, River Thames, and Identity crisis

...important historical documents. During the 14th century Cliffe was the site of a farm owned by the monks of Christ's Church, Canterbury, when the village had a population of about 3,000. In the late Middle Ages the village of...

In this article: River Thames, Cliffe, Kent, London, Medway, Bishop of Worcester, and Malaria

...and literature are world class, and it's a great place to visit. But underneath, beyond the London, the Oxford, the Canterbury that visitors see, there is undoubtedly a malaise. In that same passage at the start of Joseph Conrad's Heart of...

In this article: Charles Dickens, Joseph Conrad, Geoffrey Chaucer, Literature, Great Expectations, Britain, Rochester, and London

Bishop of London The Bishop of London is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of London in the Province of Canterbury. The diocese covers 458 km² (177 sq. mi.) of 17 boroughs of Greater London north of the River Thames...

In this article: Bishop of London, Mellitus, Council of Arles, Dean of the Chapel Royal, and Diocese of Rochester