Le 14ème tour silex C et W porche de St Martin's C5e/6e église, vu depuis le cimetière au St Martin's Hill, Longport, Canterbury, Kent.

• Contributeur: Mick Sharp / Alamy Banque D'Images
• ID de l’image: DA1GC7
• Taille du fichier: 69,7 MB (3,8 MB Téléchargement compressé)
• Autorisations: Modèle - non | Propriété - non
• Dimensions: 4300 x 5668 px | 36,4 x 48 cm | 14,3 x 18,9 inches | 300dpi
• Date de la prise de vue: février 1992
• Lieu: St Martin's Church, Longport, Canterbury, Kent, England, UK

Informations supplémentaires

The C14th flint tower and west porch of St Martin's Church, seen from the graveyard at the foot of St Martin's Hill, Longport, Canterbury. Originally built as a Roman Christian church c 400AD, the small chancel was repaired for the use of Princess Bertha and her chaplain Bishop Liudhard who arrived from Paris c 562AD. The daughter of Frankish King Charibert, Bertha married pagan Anglo-Saxon King Ethelbert c 580AD. The whole church was repaired by St Augustine who arrived in Kent in 597AD along with 40 companions to convert the English to Christianity. Roman, Saxon and Frankish work survive in the fabric of the building, described as "....the oldest parish church in England that has been in continuous use since the sixth century..."

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