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Church of St Martin

A Grade I Listed Building in Canterbury, Kent

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Latitude: 51.278 / 51°16'40"N

Longitude: 1.0937 / 1°5'37"E

OS Eastings: 615864

OS Northings: 157757

OS Grid: TR158577

Mapcode National: GBR TY3.TJZ

Mapcode Global: VHLGM.X42L

Plus Code: 9F3373HV+6F

Entry Name: Church of St Martin

Listing Date: 3 December 1949

Grade: I

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1242166

English Heritage Legacy ID: 441523

Also known as: St Martin, Canterbury
St Martin's, Canterbury

ID on this website: 101242166

Location: St Martin's Church, St Martin's, Canterbury, Kent, CT1

County: Kent

District: Canterbury

Electoral Ward/Division: Barton

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Canterbury

Traditional County: Kent

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Kent

Tagged with: Church of England parish church Anglo-Saxon architecture

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Description


944 ST MARTIN'S HILL
Church of St Martin
TR 1557 NE 6/161 3.12.49
I
Reputed to be the oldest Parich Church in England. On the same site was a church bused by Roman Christians. This is supposed to be the church outside the city walls where, before the Conversion, Queen Bertha worshipped with her chaplin Bishop Liudhard. THe Saxon font is traditionally associated with the baptism of King Ethelbert.
The exterior is built of bands of flint, Roman brick and rubble. tiled roof and squat C14 crenellated tower. The interior contains a C7 chancel, altered in the C14, a Norman piscina and holy water stoup and a Squint. There is a memorial tablet to Sir John FInch, Speaker of the HOuse of Commons in the reign of Charles I.

Listing NGR: TR1586557758

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