Canterbury

1. St. Augustine, the first Archbishop of Canterbury, came from Rome as a missionary. The King, Ethelbert, gave Augustine a church at Canterbury.
2. The church was a place of worship during the Roman occupation of Britain.
3. It is the oldest church in England that is still in use today.
4. Founded in 597 AD
5. King Henry VIII dissolved the monastery in 1540. The Saxons then rebuilt and enlarged the Cathedral. After a large fire in 1070, the Cathedral was entirely rebuilt by the Normans