~ GRAVEL WALK ~

Gravel Lane, "Sheepshank Lane"

CANTERBURY

25 St. George's Terrace to Rose Lane

Junction of Rose Lane and Gravel Walk (North Side) early 1960, just prior to demolition. This was part of the medieval perimeter wall for the Augustinian Whitefriars.

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"The White Friars estate is shown enclosed by its walls on all sides, with the main buildings in the centre of the grounds. Small blocks of buildings in connection with it are drawn against its walls in Gravel Walk and in St. George's Lane." O.C. W.C.

 

Report of Cases of measles attended in an epidemec of that disease in Canterbury during 1852. By G. Rigden, Esq. "Saint Mary Bredin" Including Rose Lane and Gravel Walk, 4 cases...

 

1903 George Henry WOOD, Dealer in Horses, Gravel Walk

 

1917 Alfred APPS

 

ST. MARY BREDIN BURIAL GROUND

"The new burial ground in Gravel lane purchased of Mr. Richard Herve Giraud, was consecrated by the Bishop of (?) 1807"

 

1917 HARDRES DAIRY DEPOT, Arthur, Dairy Farmer

 

LANGTON HOUSE

1917 William Stephen WILLIAMS

 

Junction of Rose Lane and Gravel Walk (South Side) March 1964. By this time, Gravel Walk had been considerably widened, covering the site of the lost wall. The south side of Gravel Walk was demolished in 1965. The white house above was previously "Langton House," but at the time of the photo, it had been turned into offices.

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*see an inventory of the parish registers and other records of the diocese of Canterbury - by Charles Everleigh Woodruff 1922...."The new burial ground in Gravel Lane purchased of Mr. Richard Herve Giruad, was consecrated by the Bishop of......

1908 *South Eastern Rubber and Chemical Co. Ltd. S..Works, Gravel Walk Canterbury, Captial £1000, is £1 share. Object, to acquire the business of a manufacturer of specialities for cyclists and motoroists carried on by F. L. SHEPPARD at the S.. Works, Gravel Walk, Canterbury, as the South Eastern Rubber & Chemical Co.

*1933 The Weekly notes, Vol 68 - The respondent was at all material times the proprietor of the Langton Garage, Gravel Walk, Canterbury, and the owner of a motor-coach. He held a public-service vehicle licence authorising him to use the coach as a contract carriage but not as a stage carraige. He did not hold a road-service licence....

 


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