Canterbury Cathedral Tour and History + Oldest Church in Britain still in use!
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- Опубликовано: 16 июн 2024
- Canterbury Cathedral has a rich and interesting history. In this video, we will take you on a tour of Canterbury Cathedral and the Precincts. It was here that Saint Thomas Becket was murdered by knights of King Henry II. The Cathedral is coming to the end of major conservation work and in 2022 the fruits of their labour will be revealed. Join us as we walk around all areas of Canterbury Cathedral where we will provide some history along the way.
More info and booking: www.canterbury-cathedral.org/
Also, see our video on Canterbury with historic things to see and do.
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Chapters:-
0:00 Intro
0:50 Early History of Canterbury Cathedral
2:09 Nave
3:40 Pulpitum Crossing
4:03 Bell Harry Tower
4:36 Martyrdom Thomas Becket
5:25 Crypt
6:06 Quire
6:58 High Altar
7:17 Trinity Chapel
8:59 Corona Chapel
9:37 Cathedral Treasures
9:54 Precincts
11:01 Norman Staircase
11:46 Water Tower
12:36 Great Cloisters
13:10 Chapter House
14:00 Oldest Church in Britain
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***Correction in the video. I mention the King buried in the cathedral as King Henry VII and it is in fact King Henry IV. School boy error! Sorry for the confusion.***
I was blessed to have lived in England for one year and it was the greatest time of my life. My soul felt as if I was home and belonged there . I visited a lot of places the churches are all amazing but the Bath Abbey to me was absolutely breathtaking with the little Angel's climbing ladders to heaven they really loved God in those times and its seen throughout england ( the details the english put into everything they built is amazing ,the passion, the craftmanship all done with bare minimal tools , (a labor of love and compassion ) the English countryside even looks as if God himself came down and put a little piece of heaven on earth . Happy birds singing everywhere, the gardens ,the country manor homes and all that preserved history and the walk paths is my happy happy place , may I suggest you make a visit to a little village called Turvey I believe it is in Buckinghamshire its absolutely beautiful and peaceful and it had adorable little cottages that were at one time a school making lace and the cottages were homes to the lace woman if my memory serves me right .the old mill has been converted into homes and their is a old manor home that sits on the opposite of the old mill the architecture and landscape Is absolutely breathtaking there is a Victorian mausoleum at the church that has carved in big stone letters " WHAT MAN IS HE THAT LIVETH BUT SHALL NOT SEE DEATH " seeing all the church grave yards and the dates they lived and died and how loved in live they were always gets me a bit emotional but I must say when it's my time to leave this earth I would love to have my bones rest in england in the grounds of those wonderful old trees ,lush green lawns and the birds singing everyday for all eternity.. thanks for Sharing all these wonderful places you visit . Now my heart is longing to go back to my home away from home lol 🥰❤
Edit Turvey is in Bedfordshire not Buckinghamshire as I first mentioned.
Any sightings of his ghost there ?
Genial
Thanks for clearing that up👍
Ha! I immediately paused the video to check if there was a correction. ...and to see if you had not accidentally spliced-in a review of Westminster Abbey. Well done!
Both my daughters went to Canterbury Christ Church University and both had their Graduation award ceremony in the Cathedral. Absolutely stunning, moving and awe-inspiring. The choir gave me shivers both times. Go to Canterbury Cathedral and you will remember the day for the rest of your life.
I follow about 50 European travel channels. Yours is among the top three. Your videos are beautifully filmed. Your presentation is informative and respectful (thank you for not using foul language). And your voice is very pleasant. In this video I thought the music you used was spot on. I see a great future for you. Bravo!
Well thank you Todd, thank is really nice to hear. Keeps us going 😊
Love this video. I lived in Canterbury for 1.5 yrs and taught at King’s School as part of a Fulbright US-UK teaching exchange (my classroom was in Mitchinson’s, just through the Mint Yard Gate). One of my favorite memories was the school Christmas Eve service in the Cathedral! (Not too bad, having Canterbury Cathedral as your “school chapel”.) I even had a parking spot in the Precincts. I guess I became “part of the tour”😅.
I am sure the service at Christmas must be quite magical. Glad you enjoyed our tour around the Cathedral. Loved visiting.
I’m so glad that you finally were able to visit inside Canterbury Cathedral! When I was nine I saw the film “Becket” on TV, and it made such an impact on me. I wanted to learn everything that I could about Thomas Becket, Henry II and Canterbury Cathedral. This in turn began my lifelong study of English history and culture. The closest that I ever got to the cathedral was seeing it out of a bus window on my way to London. My family and I had planned to stop and see the cathedral, but it didn’t work out time wise. A trip to visit there is still on my To Do list. Many thanks for taking the time and effort to bring England and the rest of the British Isles home to this descendant of many English ancestors (East Anglia, Lancashire and the West Riding of Yorkshire) and serious Anglophile.
Canterbury Cathedral is the seat of the worldwide Anglican Communion. To Anglicans everywhere there is no more holy church in the world. Attending Evensong there a few years ago with fellow members of my small church in Virginia the officiant announced that we were in attendance. To mention the name of our church in this most holy place was so moving that one of my fellow parishoners openly wept. I would hope that every member of the Anglican Communiion would have the opportunity to vist this historical holy place, and if not at least view this video.
Yes, it is amazing, but, as I'm sure you know, it has only been owned by the Church of England for the past five hundred years.
Before that, going back to St. Augustine of Canterbury, it was the first Catholic cathedral in England.
Designed, built and paid for by Catholics until the time of the Protestant Reformation.
Catholics love to visit it also, and remember the martyrs who gave their lives for the true faith.
@@alhilford2345 INDEED Al. As an Aussie and a Catholic who has been several times to Canterbury ..even staying in the Close for a few nights four years ago....I wish the English people would know their REAL history. Here's a way to do so, an excellent new book: 'Faith of Our Fathers. A History of True England' by Joseph Pearce. Ignatius Press 2022.
Gordon Carter. Adelaide. South Australia.
What a magnificent cathedral! I'm impressed with how old and treasured the cathedral is. In the United States, a nation only less than 300 years old, we obviously don't have such old buildings. And at least in New York City, people have to band together and fight to save beautiful old architecture from the wrecking ball. Everything was filmed beautifully, the background choral music was haunting, and I loved the historic information. You are a great tour guide!
Hello Nora, thank you for your kind words which encourage us! So pleased you enjoyed it.
Wonderful! Perfect choice of music as well. Those old stones have seen so much, and it boggles the mind when artifacts from earlier times are found below a floor that was laid nearly 1,000 years ago. I've visited the York Minster, and Charlemagne's Chapel in Aachen Cathedral, but Canterbury has its own special stories. Great job laying out the key points of the history for us. Scaffolding is a necessary evil (Parliament was covered when I was last there), but the UK does an admirable job maintaining its very large inventory of extremely old historic buildings. Thank you for going back and capturing these amazing interiors. Cheers!
Not only are the buildings spell binding, but the history equally so! Lovely to watch and be transported back in time. Fascinating indeed!!💕
Glad you enjoyed it.
Yes, I’ve been to this church. It’s gorgeous and magnificent. I still have a picture of the church in moonlight and believe me it’s hauntingly beautiful. Nearby is Canterbury abbey also but only ruins remain of it now.
Hope it brought back good memories of your visit.
@@MemorySeekers yep, thanks to you
Wonderful memories of the cathedral growing up in Canterbury.
So pleased to hear.
I love the historical places & breathtaking architecture. Thanks for bringing us along. Happy you're safely home from Canada.
Thank you Marsha, we are home Canada feels a distant memory now but a good one!
The stain glass is breathtaking, so much history thank you for returning to film the Cathedral. I see someone as commented that watching the video has been a good start to their day. For me watching has been a lovely end to my day look forward to more videos in the future 🐨🦘🐨🦘😷
You were up late Jeanette! sleep well thank you for watching as always!
Greetings from Salvador, Bahia, Brazil! Beautiful images of Canterbury Cathedral. The soundtrack is excellent and very beautiful. My wife and I enjoy watching your videos, we are very interested in UK history. Your themes are well explained, it seems that we are walking with you and learning from what you show us. Indeed the UK is very beautiful, full of history and traditions. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and have a great day!
Hello, lovely to know you are watching from Brazil. Thank you for your kind words and watching each week. 😊
What incredible ancestors we had, able to create beautiful cathedrals without power tools such as we have today. Of course it took centuries to create these works of art.
Loved that. Gosh that music was beautiful. All that history there, just gorgeous. I would love to wander around the graveyard, so old. Thanks so much for taking me along. Please stay safe and take care
Excellent overview of Canturbury Cathedral as well as the intro to St Mary's Church. That has to be one if the oldest Anglosaxon churches in England. I am fascinated and awestruck by how well maintained they are.
Captivating as usual , great historical information along with outstanding footage. Outstanding architectural building many 🙏 for the upload.
Thanks Sid, you always have nice things to say! Keep well in Vietnam.
Thank you so much for this lovely video! I so enjoyed seeing inside the Cathedral and hearing all the history! Wonderful to be able to go inside buildings again. All the best to you both from Massachusetts!:)
Thank you sherry, lovely to be able to share with you in Massachusetts! Take Care.
Thank you for a wonderful visit to Canterbury Cathedral, for those of us who are not able to travel as we used to your tours are an invaluable way of doing that. 😁👏👍
So welcome glad we could share it.
Thoroughly enjoyed the tour of Canterbury Cathedral. Thanks for going back so we could see the interior. Breathtakingly beautiful.
Our pleasure!
I don't know why all the places, history, facts, etc. About United Kingdom and Ireland atracts me so much!!! Perhaps in other lifes I was English or Irish!!! Your videos allow me to travel, enjoy and made my days better!!! Thank you again!!!🙏🙏👍👍👏👏💞🙋🏻♀️🇧🇷🇬🇧🇮🇪
Thank you so pleased we helped make your day better!
Another great history lesson and look around, looks like a great place to visit once the scaffolding has been removed.
Yes so much to do in Canterbury. I think covid has delayed the removal of the scaffolding. I didn't know it was inside as well before stepping through the door. I didn't detract to much I hope.
Какая красота. Какое умиротворение. Спасибо за видео !
Очень приятно поделиться им с вами.
First of all , my deepest gratitude to both of you. You guys are doing amazing job for millions of viewers. I have deep love, admirations and curiosity for English Literature and English culture. Accidently I came across this channel. I like each every video of you. If possible make videos of some famous English Poets and Writers - their Birthplaces, schools & Colleges and their homes too. Once again, My Heartfelt Thanks !!!
Thank you once again for your Canadian views (totally awesome). Wonderful to see you are both back safe and filming the beautiful buildings and history that I find so very interesting.
wow a really lovely catherdral very fascinating to look around rich in beauty and very beautiful and very detailed i love churches in the UK interesting amazed by this amazing archetectual building which it still stands in canterburys history.
jeremy Adams
Wonderful tour! I love your videos. Thank you 🥰
You are so welcome! 😊
Thank you for adding a visit to St Martin's. In 1964 as a young seminary student in the US I visited the church on foot, copied a brass in the chancel (still with me), and spent time sitting amongst the cemetery monuments, having little cash but considerable hunger. It is just as I remembered it those many years ago.
Thank you for sharing your memories of the church. It was a shame we were unable to step inside.
It's exhilarating to see what you read about in the book in reality. The cathedral, the church, all the sculptures and decorations are breathtaking! Behind the scenes story, music and great editing as always! Thank you! 🙏🙏🥰🥰👍👍
It is quite something. I wonder what the pilgrims felt when they arrived at the gates having travelled far and wide.
Magnificent. I’ve only just come across your page and am already loving it. On a far, far, less grander scale, I like to visit Escomb Saxon Church, built around 675 AD where you can see stones in the wall pillaged from a Roman building: LEG VI (upside down) from the 6th Legion, an altar stone, mounting block and groove caused by a chariot. The church is still in use, though it’s tiny and basic but you can feel its stillness, and see why pilgrims rested there. You have to ask for a key to go inside but it’s worth the effort. Interestingly the churchyard is circular, to prevent evil spirits lurking in the corners.
Canterbury Cathedral is breathtaking! Thank you for the fine tour🙏👏👏
It sure is Carol!
Brightened up my day with this beautiful, educational tour. Beautiful cathedral and lovely videography. Stunning ✨
So glad we were able to do that Melody! 😊
Thank you so much fo showing and sharing, wonderful!
What a beautiful environment!
It has a special beautiful atmosphere of the past, which is difficult to describe.
The quiet shots and the beautiful explanations are again very pleasant.
Thanks for this movie!
Thank you very much!
I’m glad you’re back in the UK.
Wooo 👏👏 grt architecture so peaceful and magnificent church 🥰 beautiful post 💓💓
I'm from Saudi Arabia I was a student in Canterbury 3 years ago, it's a very beautiful city I want to go back to
Hope you do one day!
@@MemorySeekers Thanks
It was nice to recall my visit in 2013.
Hope it brought back some good memories.
incredible, thank you for this
Thank you so much for the trip down memory lane. Your videos are always beautifully made & full of great information. I love you guys!
As usual thank you ❤😊
Very well presented. Thank you.
Thank you very much.
The cathedral is spectacular inside and out! Thank you for sharing 🌞🌞
Thank you very much for providing this video and audio recording. Very informative!
You're very welcome!
Really great video, thanks!. Another interesting place that is a short walk from St Martins church is St Augustine's Conduit House which supplied water to St Augustine's Abbey.
Oh great, thank you for the extra ideas! I will pin that for next time we are in Canterbury.
This is a great way to start my day! Beautiful video!
Well we are glad to help start as you mean to go on. Hope it turns out a good one!
Nice tour of the Cathedral. I visited in 1973. Arriving by train I met an older lady who asked what I was doing. I told her I was visiting the Cathedral. She said her sister was picking her up, and they would give me a lift. I replied that I could walk, but she insisted. After getting in the car they suggested lunch at the sister's place. It was a pretty home on an acre with wonderful flowers and lawns. After lunch they took me on tour of the Cathedral and some old rooms in a very ancient building. There were people watching who was going where and with whom. At one point we started in a door and were told not to enter until it was known that the Archbishop was giving the two ladies and myself a tour. Arthur Michael Ramsey happened along. The ladies courtesied. Later they made a joke about calling h im His Grace. After touring the Cathedral they took me back to the sister's home for dinner. A roomer she had was from San Diego, and knew of my cousin from high school. They told me how they were golfing when planes were flying over the golf course. They had run out to wave at the pilots only to discover the planes were from Germany. One of the husbands said not to be alarmed for they were headed for London. It was the first day of the Blitz. Seeing this building again brought back nice memories for me. Sadly the names of these two wonderful ladies are lost, but their kindness can not be forgotten.
I love your videos so much! Discovered them recently and can’t get enough! Thank you for all that you do!❤️
Welcome thank you for joining us! Lots to catch up on 😊
Super video as always !
Very professional and super editing. Many thanks.
Thank you very much!
Another fabulous tour, thank you.
Our pleasure!
Thank you! It’s lovely! Many many moons ago I took a course on ancient architecture it’s lovely to see it in use if only for viewing!
Lovely to travel with you guys!
Glad you enjoyed it! Happy to have you with us Irene.
Thank you once again for a wonderful visit. It’s a beautiful place. Blessings
Our pleasure!
Wonderful tour! 💞
Thank you! 🤗
Thank you, guys! Lovely as ever!♥️
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My parents and I were there this week in April 1989.
Bellissimo video grazie per la visione, la cattedrale è maestra e tu dai sempre notizie interessanti 😘
Finally a very comprehensive video about the cathedral. Thank you so much. Very impressed with the videography. Hopefully you can do more videos on religious site like Walsingham Anglican shrine or other places of interest
Beautiful video thankyou. Just found your channel, and i love it.
Welcome thank you for joining us. Lots to catch up on!
@@MemorySeekers im looking forward to the challenge.
You learn something new every day! I'd never read the word "quire" before but yes, it is correct, an alternative spelling for "choir".
To be fair neither did I until the visit and the cathedral map spells it like that and as you say an alternative spelling!
@@MemorySeekersThomas Hardy uses it when he presents the Mellstock Quire in his novel Under the Greenwood Tree.
Another great video. What a beautiful area and church. Thank you.
Dziękuję za film. To trzeba zwiedzić! Pozdrawiam i
Thank you for sharing your Canterbury history. It was new info and interesting to learn. Stay blessed.
Thank you Caroline, glad you liked it. All the best.
Thank you for sharing this great video
Our pleasure
I went to Canterbury in the late 1990's, I think about '97. Beautiful place. I remember praying at the old site of the tomb of the Saint Thomas Beckett for something which seemed impossible at the time, which then happened a few months later! So a small miracle, I suppose. I loved the close within the cathedral walls, walking the beautiful covered terraces, and seemingly remembering past lives as a monk.
We stayed in a hotel that was built into the wall surrounding the cathedral. It used to house people in Medieval times who went on pilgrimage to the cathedral. One had to climb through a window, cross the roof, and go in through another window to access the hotel room! I saw your other video on Canterbury, and I confess I don't remember much of the town itself - I do remember the arrow slits in the city walls, as well as the museum of Chaucer. Many thanks for all your excellent videos. I so appreciate all that you two do!
What a fantastic building and thank you for sharing and giving some insight into it's history,
Glad you enjoyed it
Very nicely done!
Beautiful tour! Thanks for sharing it. I would love to see the Cathedral and its environs one day.
Hope you get the chance to visit!
Thank you very much for such an interesting excursion around Canterbury Cathedral that I visited many years ago. Unforgettable memories!
Glad you enjoyed it
Fantastic video…thank you 😊
Thank you
Absolutely beautiful. Thanks for sharing such wonderful architecture. I am astounded and amazed by those ceilings. The stain glass is always, of course, very beautiful. Quite the places to see and learn their history.
Glad you enjoyed it
Wonderful, and thank you so much for filming around the area and buildings associated with the Benedictine monastery of Christ Church, later incorporated into the Cathedral, the Norman Steps, which SO many visitors miss, and of course, St Martin`s Church. A very comprehensive and well narrated tour - splendid in every way :)
Thank you for the kind comment. Glad you enjoyed it.
Maravilloso. Muchas gracias
Beautiful! I never mind paying to visit churches. They need every cent for the upkeep. I hope they are standing proud in another 200 yrs. 😊
@@ORDEROFTHEKNIGHTSTEMPLAR13 not England. They depend on the tourist money to make ends meet. The Catholic Church has $$, but Church of England does not.
Fabulous thank you so much for sharing
Can’t wait to visit now in June ✈️🇬🇧🥳
June will soon be here! 😊
Fantastic as usual
Thank you Zona 😊
I m at Canterbury now ,so beautiful and nice people ❤️
Hope you have a great time!
Incredible! Thank you so much! I doubt I'll ever get to travel to England. This is a blessing to see.
Great video. Thank you.
Glad you liked it!
This was wonderful i really enjoyed it thank you
You are so welcome
Thank you very much!
This is a terrific tour of the cathedral - thanks for sharing it!
My parents took us to England in the 80s on summer break. We visited Canterbury Cathedral, and (of course) the martyrdom spot. I noticed that there was a really spooky-looking tomb next to it, and the person had the same surname as my mom’s maiden name. We were able to speak to a cathedral librarian/archivist, who confirmed that Charles Fotherby, a Dean of Canterbury in the 15th century, was our ancestor ♥️
Glad you enjoyed it, and sharing your interesting experiences of Canterbury Cathedral. 😊👍
la cathédrale est magnifique , très belle vidéo très intéressabt !
Love it whas their many years ago. Very interesting thanks
As an architectural historian I consider Canterbury Cathedral as possibly the finest building in the `World.
Thanks MemorySeekers for such a professional presentation, your camera work is outstanding.😊
Thank you Paul, glad you enjoyed our tour and how we presented it. Very nice to hear.
Thank you for this video! I am unable to travel but now I can say I saw the Canterbury Cathedral and learned of its history.
Thank you for watching.
Thank you from Poland! Very interesting!
Thank you for joining us 😊
Beautiful and full of details video. I wish I had watched it before visiting Canterbury, a month ago!!!!: Thank you
Ahh I hope you had a lovely visit.
Thank you!
Thanks for uploading the video. I went to Canterbury last week but decided to visit the cathedral when all the scaffolding comes down. I live just 60 miles away. Loved the footage, I really look forward to seeing it in person 🙏
Thank you, if you have a ticket it is valid for 12 months for return visits if you can do gift aid. I actually did not know that there was scaffolding inside until I stepped inside! Would have waited as well. But at least we can go back from free later this year.
Thank You :)
Dziękuję za interesujace video. Pozdrawiam serdecznie. 🍀🥰
Serdecznie zapraszamy. Dziękujemy za dołączenie do nas!
Thank you 🌷
You’re welcome 😊
Will & Simon ,thank you for uploading this great video ,an outstandin ,beautiful and magnificent cathedral ,unfortunately we've never been there but always wanted .It is on our wishlist....love ,Eri &Uwe
Thank you for watching Erika, hope you manage to click it off the bucket list one day!
Dear Simon &Will ,we live in germany and due to brexit and covid it is nearly impossible to come over to your beautiful country .We are so glad ,that we stumbled over your you tube account ,we are big fans of yours and we watch all of your brilliant videos ,so we fill the gap until we can come over again for a long stay to visit some of the places you've shown .Thank you so much for all and keep going ,you are brilliant. Love ,erika &uwe
@@Erika-Uwe hello thank you for the kind words, really glad you enjoy the channel and hope that things improve soon so you can plan that long trip. It will be hard to decide what to see!
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The vathedral is magnificent and like most gothic style churches makes you feel closer to heaven. Along with STratford on Avon and York canterbury is unforgettable.grts from ITaly
Lovely film and great that you mentioned St Martins…perhaps the KEY building in this story in my opinion. People might have got the impression(,not intended by you )that St Martins was built on 597 and that St Augustine was sent to Christianise “Britain”. But he was actually sent to Christianise the pagan English settled in the east of the island. Christianity had been present in Britain for at least 200 years before St Augustine arrived(many sources including the Venerable Bede writing in about 700 AD)So Christianity was part of life in Roman Britain and there is archaeological evidence a -plenty for this. Bede tells us that St Martins had been built in “Roman times” and renovated for the new Queen of Kent..who was “French “ and Christian, marrying into a pagan court at Canterbury. So an actual origin date for St Martins could be as early as 350 AD. Bede also says that St Augustine asked for permission of the King to repair and restore churches built in Roman times….which were presumably ruins. So St Martins is not alone in this early date but the only clearly Identified one that I know about. Thanks again for this lovely film.
Thank you Thomas for the corrections and extra information. Glad you enjoyed it overall.
Thanks!
Barbara thank you so much for supporting us with a super thanks! Very kind ☺
Огромное спасибо за такой качественный труд. Интересно и познавательно
I love your channel ❤️
Thank you so much!! 😃
canterbury cathedral saw it twice when i was living in broadstairs when i was about 8 and again when i travelled down from tunbridge wells when i was about 12 thanks for another great vidio xx
Wanted to go to broadstairs on that trip to see Dickens old house but ran out of time!