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Canterbury's tale

RAISED VOICES echoing through the building, the ring of swords wielded in anger and blood on the flagstones of the north-west transept. This is the story of Canterbury Cathedral that most of us know from school history lessons.

The martyrdom of Archbishop Thomas Becket, gruesomely murdered by four knights of the court of King Henry II in 1170, ensured the cathedral would become one of the most

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